Hebrew

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Root
שׁ־ר־שׁ (sh-r-sh)

Etymology

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From Proto-Semitic *šurš-.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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שורש / שֹׁרֶשׁ (šórešm (plural indefinite שורשים / שָׁרָשִׁים or שורשים / שֳׁרָשִׁים, singular construct שורש / שֹׁרֶשׁ־) [pattern: קֹטֶל]

  1. (botany) root (of a plant)
  2. (by extension) root (i.e. source, basis)
  3. (by extension, linguistics) root (e.g., a triliteral root) of a Semitic word
  4. (by extension, mathematics) root (e.g., square root)

Verb

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שורש / שֹׁרַשׁ (šoráš) (pu'al construction, active counterpart שירש / שֵׁרֵשׁ)

  1. to be rooted out
    • Tanach, Job 31:8, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      אֶזְרְעָה וְאַחֵר יֹאכֵל וְצֶאֱצָאַי יְשֹׁרָשׁוּ׃
      'ezr'á v'akhér yokhél v'tse'etsa'ái y'shoráshu.
      ʾezrəʿā wəʾaḥēr yōḵēl wəṣeʾĕṣāʾay yəšōrā́šū.
      Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let the produce of my field be rooted out.

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Yiddish

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Etymology

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From Hebrew שורש / שֹׁרֶשׁ.

Noun

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שורש (shoyreshm, plural שורשים (shorashem)

  1. (linguistics) Semitic root

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