how to say “pin” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/סיכה-#.m4a” /]סִיכָּה

The word for pin – something sharp you might use to pin two things together – is סיכה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/סיכה-#.m4a” /] in Hebrew, as in:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/סיכה-#.m4a” /]נפצעתי מסיכת ביטחון!

I got hurt from a safety pin!

The root of סיכה is ס.כ.כ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/סיכה-#.m4a” /], the same as that of סוכה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/סיכה-#.m4a” /] – Sukkah. Nevertheless, the two words are most likely unrelated, since the ס.כ.כ root of סיכה was probably once שׂ.כ.כ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/סיכה-#.m4a” /] (at least according to Rubik Rozental).

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