שפעת

Hebrew

Root
שׁ־פ־ע (sh-p-ʿ)

Etymology

From the root שׁ־פ־ע (sh-p-`), and especially the noun השפעה (hashpa'á, “influence”), in the qaTTéleth construction. A calque of Italian influenza (“influence, influenza”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

שַׁפַּעַת • (shapá'at) f [pattern: קַטֶּלֶת]

1. Influenza, flu, the flu.

References

• “שַׁפַּֽעַת” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שׁוֹשָׁן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ (ha-milón he-khadásh, “The New Dictionary”), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם)‎ (1984), →ISBN, volume 3 of 3 (ק to ת), page 1408.