זכר
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/
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Etymology 1 edit
Root |
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ז־כ־ר (z-k-r) |
From Proto-Semitic *ḏikar- (“man; male; phallus”).
Noun edit
זָכָר • (zachár) 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 (neqevá)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
Etymology 2 edit
Cognate with Arabic ذَكَرَ (ḏakara).
Noun edit
זֵכֶר • (zécher) 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 • (zachár) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction, future יזכור / יִזְכֹּר, passive participle זָכוּר, passive counterpart נִזְכַּר)
- to remember
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of זָכַר (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms |
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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
From Hebrew זכר (zachár, “male”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
זכר • (zokher) m