How to say "ram" in Arabic
Shifted meaningMeaningram
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
كَبْش
kabshכבש
كبش
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
אַיִל
ayilأَيِل
How the two words are related
Shifted meaning
Same root as a Hebrew word, but the meaning drifted over the centuries.
Arabic root
ك-ب-شHebrew root
כ-ב-שׂKabsh isn't Hebrew's word for ram (that's ayil) — it's cognate with כבש, 'lamb, young sheep', the same שׂ↔ش match as eser/ʿashara (ten). Arabic narrowed the word to the male animal — the one sacrificed on Eid al-Adha — while Hebrew broadened it to any young sheep.
Related Hebrew word:כֶּבֶשׂkevesكِڤِس
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In a phrase
كَبْش أَبْيَض
kabsh abyaḍכבש אביצ'a white ram
Plural
كِبَاش
kibāshכבאשbroken plural CiCāC