אשלגן

Hebrew

Chemical element
K
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Root
שׁ־ל־ג (sh-l-g)

Pronunciation

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Noun

אַשְׁלְגָן • (ashlegán) m (singular construct אַשְׁלְגַן־)

1. potassium (a soft, waxy, silvery reactive metal that is never found unbound in nature; an element (symbol K) with an atomic number of 19 and atomic weight of 39.0983)

References

• “אשלגן” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• אשלגן on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he