עכבר

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Hebrew

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʿakbar- (“mouse”). The computing term is a semantic loan from English mouse.

Noun

עַכְבָּר
עַכְבַּר מַחְשֵׁב

עַכְבָּר • (akhbár) m (plural indefinite עַכְבָּרִים, singular construct עַכְבַּר־, plural construct עַכְבְּרֵי־)

  1. mouse (any small rodent of the genus Mus)
  2. (computing) mouse ((plural mice or, rarely, mouses) An input device that is moved over a pad or other flat surface to produce a corresponding movement of a pointer on a graphical display)

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