מכנסיים

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Hebrew

Root
כ־נ־ס (k-n-s)

Etymology

Apparently from מ־ (mi-) +‎ Egyptian kns (“pubic region”), although a derivation from the Hebrew root’s idea of “drawing” is also possible.

Noun

מכנסיים / מִכְנָסַיִם • (miḵnāsáyim) m du (singular construct מִכְנְסֵי־)

  1. Pants, breeches, drawers, trousers: a garment for the legs, with a separate sleeve for each leg.

References

  • Klein, Ernest (1987) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎, Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN
  • Hoffmeier, James K. (2023) “Further Reflections on Egyptian Influences on the Early Hebrews—Priestly Matters”, in Linguistic and Philological Studies of the Hebrew Bible and its Manuscripts in Honor of Gary A. Rendsburg (Studia Semitica Neerlandica; 75)‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 186

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