how to say “nut” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/אגוז-#.m4a” /]אֱגוֹז
The generic Hebrew term for nut is אגוז[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/אגוז-#.m4a” /] – in the plural אגוזים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/אגוז-#.m4a” /], and when connected to another word in the plural, אגוזי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/אגוז-#.m4a” /].
Like in English, we add something to the word in order to specify what kind of nut we’re talking about.
Here are a few Hebrew nuts:
אגוזי מלך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/אגוז-#.m4a” /] – walnuts
אגוזי פיקאן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/אגוז-#.m4a” /] – pecans
אגוזי לוז[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/אגוז-#.m4a” /] – hazelnuts
For example:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/אגוז-#.m4a” /]לפי המתכון הזה, צריך אגוזי לוז.
According to this recipe, (we) need hazelnuts.
Other nuts that don’t have the word אגוזי attached to them include בוטנים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/אגוז-#.m4a” /] – peanuts, שקדים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/אגוז-#.m4a” /] – almonds and ערמונים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/אגוז-#.m4a” /] – chestnuts, among others.
Unlike in English, though, you can’t call someone אגוז and expect them to be insulted – though they may think you’re a nut…