חנוכייה

Hebrew
FWOTD – 14 December 2017
A silver Hanukkah menorah

Etymology
Root
ח־נ־ך‎ (ḥ-n-k)

חנוכה \ חֲנֻכָּה‎ (khanuká, “Hanukkah”) +‎ ־ייה‎ (-iyá). Borrowed from Judeo-Spanish.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

חנוכייה / חֲנֻכִּיָּה • (khanukiyá) f (plural indefinite חנוכיות / חֲנֻכִּיּוֹת‎)

  1. hanukkiah (a nine-branched menorah used during Hanukkah)
    • 1852 – 1915, I. L. Peretz, Glanced and injured :
      אחד מהם גוזר לו חנוכיה מעץ, לכבוד ימי החנוכה ההולכים וקרבים […]
      One of them cuts for himself a hanukkiah from wood, in honor of the days of Hanukkah which are coming and drawing near […]
    • c. 1954, Sara Glusman, I Have a Hanukkiah :
      חֲנֻכִּיָּה לִי יֵשׁ / צוֹחֶקֶת בָּהּ הָאֵשׁ / וְשָׂחָה לִי בַּלָּאט / עַל כַּד קָטָן אֶחָד / חֲנֻכִּיָּה שֶׁלִּי / אוֹרֵךְ נָא הַעֲלִי
      I have a hanukkiah. / The fire laughs within it / And quietly tells me the story / Of one small jug [of oil]. / My hanukkiah / Please shine your light up high.

Declension

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Descendants
  • → English: hanukkiah

Further reading

References
  1. “שקיעי ספרדית-יהודית בעברית החדשה”, in Pe'amim: Studies in Oriental Jewry / פעמים: רבעון לחקר קהילות ישראל במזרח‎, issue 56, 1993, →ISSN, pages 33–49
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