sebboleth

== Latin == === Alternative forms === sebōleth, sebbōlech, sebōlech (Medieval Latin) scibbōleth, scibbōlet, scibōleth, scibōlet, shibbōleth, shibbōlet, shibōleth, shibōlet (Renaissance Latin) === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Biblical Hebrew שִׁבֹּלֶת / שיבולת (šibbṓleṯ, “ear [of wheat] or stream, torrent”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [sɛbˈboː.ɫɛtʰ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [sebˈbɔː.let] === Noun === sebbōleth n (indeclinable) (Late Latin) shibboleth ==== Descendants ==== Medieval Latin: sebbōlech, sebōlech → Anglo-Norman: sebbolech →? Middle English: sebolech Renaissance Latin: scibbōleth, scibbōlet, scibōleth, scibōlet, shibbōleth, shibbōlet, shibōleth, shibōlet → Italian: shibbolet, shiboleth → Middle French: chibboleth, chibbolet, chibolet, schibboleth, schibolet, shibolet French: schibboleth, shibboleth, shibbolet → Russian: шибболе́т (šibbolét) → Early Modern English: sebboleth → Old French: seboleth