Abbreviations List - רשימת קיצורים
Posted: 2007-04-24, 13:46
this is something that i think causes problems for a lot of us learners, especially the ones that have shortened pronunciations that you will not find in the dictionary. so i thought it would be a good idea to make a list of these...i will start, feel free to add to this list (and correct any mistakes):
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ת"א תל אביב - tel aviv
מז"א מה זאת אומרת (ma zot omeret) what does it mean?
אח"כ אחר כך (achar kach) - later
כנ"ל (kanal) כנזכר למעלה (kenizkar lema'ala) - ditto (lit. as mentioned above)
מ"צ (matz) מעלות צלסיוס (ma'alot tzelsius) - degrees celsius
ז"ל (zal) זכרונו לברכה (zichrono livracha) - r.i.p. (lit blessed be his memory)
כ"כ כל כך (kol kach) - so (intensifier)
סכו"מ (sakum) סכין כף ומזלג (sakin kaf vemazleg) - cutlery (lit. knife spoon and fork)
עב"מ (abam) עצם בלתי מזוהה (etzem bilti mezohe) - UFO (lit. unidentified object)
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and my favourite of late:
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בבל"ת (bablat) בלבול ביצים ללא תמורה (bilbul beitzim lelo tmura) - bullshit, something pointless or useless (lit mixing up the balls with nothing in return.). famously uttered by the former president yitzchak rabin ז"ל
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[rp]סופ"ש (sofash) סוף שבוע (sof shavua) - weekend
ת"א תל אביב - tel aviv
מז"א מה זאת אומרת (ma zot omeret) what does it mean?
אח"כ אחר כך (achar kach) - later
כנ"ל (kanal) כנזכר למעלה (kenizkar lema'ala) - ditto (lit. as mentioned above)
מ"צ (matz) מעלות צלסיוס (ma'alot tzelsius) - degrees celsius
ז"ל (zal) זכרונו לברכה (zichrono livracha) - r.i.p. (lit blessed be his memory)
כ"כ כל כך (kol kach) - so (intensifier)
סכו"מ (sakum) סכין כף ומזלג (sakin kaf vemazleg) - cutlery (lit. knife spoon and fork)
עב"מ (abam) עצם בלתי מזוהה (etzem bilti mezohe) - UFO (lit. unidentified object)
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and my favourite of late:
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בבל"ת (bablat) בלבול ביצים ללא תמורה (bilbul beitzim lelo tmura) - bullshit, something pointless or useless (lit mixing up the balls with nothing in return.). famously uttered by the former president yitzchak rabin ז"ל
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