"I have a hen."
Translation:יש לי תרנגולת.
August 2, 2016
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we're usually use עוף to describe chicken (food) or a single bird (as in "birds (aves) are a group of endothermic vertebrates, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a lightweight but strong skeleton..." [wikipedia]. Aves in hebrew is עופות)
Tetrateeth
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A ptarmigan is a wild chicken-like bird, whose name is apparently from Scottish-Gaelic tàrmachan. I wonder if that and תרנגולת could be related in any way.