זכר
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See also: ז־כ־ר
Hebrew
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /zaˈxaʁ/
- (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA(key): /zɔ.χɔr/, /zu.χur/
- (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA(key): /zaˈxar/
- (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA(key): /zɔˈxɔr/
Audio: (file)
Etymology 1
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ז־כ־ר (z-k-r) |
Inherited from Proto-Semitic *ḏikar- (“man; male; phallus”).
Noun
[edit]זָכָר • (zakhár) m (plural indefinite זְכָרִים, plural construct זִכְרֵי־) [pattern: קָטָל]
- man, male
- 13th century, anonymous poet, quoted in Yehuda Alharizi, Sefer Tahkemoni:
- לו שר בנו־עמרם פני דודי מתאדמים העת שתות שכר,
ויפי קצותיו והוד יופיו, לא חק בתורתו: ואת זכר.- Had the son of Amram seen the face of my beloved reddened from the foolishness of liquor,
and the beauty of his extremities and the majesty of his beauty, he would not have written in his Torah: "and with a man [do not lie]".
- Had the son of Amram seen the face of my beloved reddened from the foolishness of liquor,
- 13th century, anonymous poet, quoted in Yehuda Alharizi, Sefer Tahkemoni:
- (grammar) masculine
Antonyms
[edit]- נקבה (nekevá)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Cognate with Arabic ذَكَرَ (ḏakara).
Noun
[edit]זֵכֶר • (zékher) m [pattern: קֵטֶל]
- remembrance, remain, remnant
- לא נותר ממנו זכר. ― lo notár miménu zécher ― Nothing remained of him. [literally: No remain was left from him.]
Verb
[edit]זָכַר • (zakhár) (pa'al construction, future יזכור / יִזְכֹּר, passive participle זָכוּר, passive counterpart נִזְכַּר)
- to remember
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of זָכַר (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
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finite forms | singular | plural | |||
m. | f. | m. | f. | ||
past | first | זָכַרְתִּי | זָכַרְנוּ | ||
second | זָכַרְתָּ | זָכַרְתְּ | זְכַרְתֶּם1 | זְכַרְתֶּן1 | |
third | זָכַר | זָכְרָה | זָכְרוּ | ||
present | זוֹכֵר | זוֹכֶרֶת | זוֹכְרִים | זוֹכְרוֹת | |
future | first | אזכור / אֶזְכֹּר | נזכור / נִזְכֹּר | ||
second | תזכור / תִּזְכֹּר | תִּזְכְּרִי | תִּזְכְּרוּ | תזכורנה / תִּזְכֹּרְנָה2 | |
third | יזכור / יִזְכֹּר | תזכור / תִּזְכֹּר | יִזְכְּרוּ | תזכורנה / תִּזְכֹּרְנָה2 | |
imperative | זכור / זְכֹר | זִכְרִי | זִכְרוּ | זכורנה / זְכֹרְנָה2 | |
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References
[edit]Yiddish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Hebrew זכר (zakhár, “male”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]זכר • (zokher) m
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- Hebrew terms in the pattern קָטָל
- Hebrew masculine nouns
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