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סבתא
SAV-ta
Phonetics · SAV-ta
Grandma; in "lech al savta sheli", baloney, pull the other one.
Register: casual · playfulPart of speech: noun (f.)Hebrew (עברית, Ivrit)Root ס.ב.ב (kinship: sav/savta)
"Grandma", and in "lech al savta sheli" ("go tell my grandma"), baloney: I don't buy it.
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