# חתול
## Hebrew
### Etymology 1

Of indeterminate origin, possibly a Wanderwort. First attested in the Hebrew of the Babylonian Talmud. Related to Jewish Babylonian Aramaic חֲתוּלָא, a plural form of which appears in the Targum Jonathan version of Isaiah 13:22, rendering the Hebrew אִיִּים (“jackals”) as חֲתוּלִין (“cats”). Compare also Arabic قط (qiṭṭ), Latin cattus.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA: /ħɔːˈθuːl/ [ħɔːˈθuːl]
* (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA: /ħɔˈθul/ [ħɔːˈθuːl]
* (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA: /χaˈtul/ (East), /ħaˈtul/ (West)
* (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA: /χɔˈsul/, /χuˈsil/
* (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA: /χaˈtul/
* Audio:(file)

#### Noun

חָתוּל • (khatúl) m (plural indefinite חֲתוּלִים, singular construct חֲתוּל־, feminine counterpart חֲתוּלָה)
* cat

##### Declension

| Number | Isolated forms | Isolated forms | With possessive pronouns | With possessive pronouns | With possessive pronouns | With possessive pronouns | With possessive pronouns |
| Number | State | Form | Person | singular | singular | plural | plural |
| Number | State | Form | Person | m. | f. | m. | f. |
| masculine singular | indefinite | חָתוּל | first | חֲתוּלִי | חֲתוּלִי | חֲתוּלֵנוּ | חֲתוּלֵנוּ |
| masculine singular | definite | הַחָתוּל | second | חֲתוּלְךָ | חֲתוּלֵךְ | חֲתוּלְכֶם | חֲתוּלְכֶן |
| masculine singular | construct | חֲתוּל־ | third | חֲתוּלוֹ | חֲתוּלָהּ | חֲתוּלָם | חֲתוּלָן |
| masculine plural | indefinite | חֲתוּלִים | first | חתוליי / חֲתוּלַי | חתוליי / חֲתוּלַי | חֲתוּלֵינוּ | חֲתוּלֵינוּ |
| masculine plural | definite | הַחֲתוּלִים | second | חֲתוּלֶיךָ | חתולייך / חֲתוּלַיִךְ | חֲתוּלֵיכֶם | חֲתוּלֵיכֶן |
| masculine plural | construct | חֲתוּלֵי־ | third | חֲתוּלָיו | חֲתוּלֶיהָ | חֲתוּלֵיהֶם | חֲתוּלֵיהֶן |
| feminine singular | indefinite | חֲתוּלָה | first | חֲתוּלָתִי | חֲתוּלָתִי | חֲתוּלָתֵנוּ | חֲתוּלָתֵנוּ |
| feminine singular | definite | הַחֲתוּלָה | second | חֲתוּלָתְךָ | חֲתוּלָתֵךְ | חֲתוּלַתְכֶם | חֲתוּלַתְכֶן |
| feminine singular | construct | חֲתוּלַת־ | third | חֲתוּלָתוֹ | חֲתוּלָתָהּ | חֲתוּלָתָם | חֲתוּלָתָן |
| feminine plural | indefinite | חֲתוּלוֹת | first | חתולותיי / חֲתוּלוֹתַי | חתולותיי / חֲתוּלוֹתַי | חֲתוּלוֹתֵינוּ | חֲתוּלוֹתֵינוּ |
| feminine plural | definite | הַחֲתוּלוֹת | second | חֲתוּלוֹתֶיךָ | חתולותייך / חֲתוּלוֹתַיִךְ | חֲתוּלוֹתֵיכֶם | חֲתוּלוֹתֵיכֶן |
| feminine plural | construct | חֲתוּלוֹת־ | third | חֲתוּלוֹתָיו | חֲתוּלוֹתֶיהָ | חֲתוּלוֹתָם | חֲתוּלוֹתָן |

##### Synonyms

* (cat): שונרא (shunrá) (rare)

##### Derived terms

* חֲתוּלִי (khatulí)
* חֲתַלְתּוּל (khataltúl)
* חָתוּל נְמֵרִי (khatúl n'merí)

#### References

* Klein, Ernest (1987) “חָתוּל”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎, Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 237a
* Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 512a
* “חתול” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

חִתּוּל • (khitúl) m
* defective spelling of חיתול

#### References

* “חתול” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

### Further reading

* חתול on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{he}$