טקס
HebrewEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- טֶכֶס (see usage notes)
EtymologyEdit
| Root |
|---|
| ט־ק־ס (ṭ-q-s) |
Coined by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda in 1896 based on Ancient Greek τάξις (táxis) and Arabic طَقْس (ṭaqs) published in his daily newspaper, HaTzvi.
NounEdit
טֶקֶס • (tekes) m (plural indefinite טְקָסִים, plural construct טִקְסֵי־)
Usage notesEdit
- Some use/prefer the spelling טֵכֶס (tekhes), which was common in Mishnaic Hebrew, but nowadays the Academy of the Hebrew Language recommends טֶקֶס (tekes),[1] and it is far more common.[2]
See alsoEdit
- פולחן / פֻּלְחָן m (pulkhan)
ReferencesEdit
- ^ The Academy of the Hebrew Language (2011-03-15), “טקס או טכס?”, in (please provide the title of the work)[1] (in Hebrew), retrieved 2016-10-26
- ^ טכס, טקס at Google Ngram Viewer