Hebrew

Alternative forms

• חָפְשִׁי defective spelling

Adjective

חופשי \ חָפְשִׁי • ‎(khofshí) ‎(feminine חופשית \ חָפְשִׁית, masculine plural חופשים \ חָפְשִׁים or חופשיים \ חָפְשִׁיִּים, feminine plural חופשיות \ חָפְשִׁיּוֹת)

1. free (not imprisoned)
2. free, gratis (free of charge)

Usage notes

• The alternative feminine singular form חָפְשִׁיָּה ‎(khofshiyá) is grammatical and also in use.^[1]
• According to the Academy of the Hebrew language words with a Qamatz Qaṭan or Ḥaṭaf Qamatz should not be spelled with vav (ו) when writing unpointed Hebrew text, unless it alternates with a Ḥolam in another form of the word. In informal Hebrew this rule is sometimes ignored since it is hard for speakers to differentiate between words pronounced with /o/ because of a qamatz and the rest.

References

• “H2670”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• “חפשי” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language.

1. ↑ Academy of the Hebrew Language: »דתית או דתייה – סיומת ־ִית לעומת סיומת ־ִיָּה« (Hebrew source)

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