כהה

Hebrew edit

Etymology edit

Compare Aramaic [script needed] (kəhā), Arabic قَهِيَ (kahiya, “to be/become weak, lack hunger”), all possibly related to Arabic قهوة (“wine; coffee”)^[1]

Pronunciation edit

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Adjective edit

כֵּהֶה • (kehé) m (feminine singular כֵּהָה, masculine plural כֵּהִים, feminine plural כֵּהוֹת)

dark (deep in hue)

Usage notes edit

This describes both objects (e.g., עור כהה (“dark skin”)) and colors (e.g., כחול כהה (“dark blue”)).

Derived terms edit

שחפית כהה

References edit

^ “coffee”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

[1] “coffee”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

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