how do you say “puppy” in Hebrew?

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כלבלב-1.m4a” /]כְּלַבְלַב, גּוּר כְּלָבִים

The Hebrew word for dog is כלב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כלבלב-2.m4a” /] for a male and כלבה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כלבלב-3.m4a” /] for a female.

Using the basic word, a puppy is a כלבלב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/חמוד-7.m4a” /] or a כלבלבה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כלבלב-4.m4a” /], for a male and female respectively.

For example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כלבלב-5.m4a” /]אימצנו כלבלב.

We adopted a (male) puppy.

But a more commonly-used term for puppy is גור כלבים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כלבלב-6.m4a” /] – literally, a cub of dogs – or simply גור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כלבלב-7.m4a” /] for a male and גורה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כלבלב-8.m4a” /] for a female.

For example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כלבלב-9.m4a” /]הכלבה שלנו המליטה שישה גורים!

Our dog gave birth to six puppies!