Hebrew edit

Etymology 1 edit

From French télégraphe (and European borrowings of the same), a compound of télé- +‎ -graphe. Equivalent to טֶלֶ־ (tele) +‎ גְרָף (graf).

Noun edit

טֶלֶגְרָף (télegrafm (plural indefinite טֵלֶגְרָפִים, singular construct טֵלֶגְרַף־, plural construct טֵלֶגְרָפֵי־)

  1. A telegraph.
Further reading edit

Etymology 2 edit

From the root ט־ל־ג־ר־ף (T-l-g-r-p), extracted from the above noun, treated as a four-letter root with ג־ר (g-r) serving as the third letter.

Verb edit

טִלְגְּרֵף (tilgréf) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction)

  1. (rare) To telegraph, to wire, to send a telegraph (to).
Conjugation edit