לשעבר

Hebrew

Etymology

From ל־ (l'-) + שעבר (she'avár).

Adjective

לְשֶׁעָבַר • (l'she'avár)

1. Former, past, previous, erstwhile, sometime.

   הנשיא לשעבר — hanasí l'she'avár — the former president

Usage notes

• While used much as an adjective, לשעבר is grammatically a prepositional phrase, and therefore does not inflect for gender, number, or definiteness.

Synonyms

• (former): ישן (yashán), קודם (kodém)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “former”): נוכחי (nokhakhí)