חושך

Hebrew

Root
ח־שׁ־ך (kh-sh-k)
5 terms

Pronunciation

  • (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈχo.ʃeχ/
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Noun

חושך / חֹשֶׁךְ • (khóshekhm [pattern: קֹטֶל]

  1. darkness
    Synonym: (literary) עֲלָטָה
  2. evil, forces of darkness

Declension

Declension of חושך / חֹשֶׁךְ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
Number: State: form Person: singular plural
m f m f
singular indefinite חושך / חֹשֶׁךְ first חושכי / חׇשְׁכִּי חושכנו / חׇשְׁכֵּנוּ
definite החושך / הַחֹשֶׁךְ second חושכך / חׇשְׁכְּךָ חושכך / חׇשְׁכֵּךְ חושככם / חׇשְׁכְּכֶם חושככן / חׇשְׁכְּכֶן
construct חושך־ / חֹשֶׁךְ־ third חושכו / חׇשְׁכּוֹ חושכה / חׇשְׁכָּהּ חושכם / חׇשְׁכָּם חושכן / חׇשְׁכָּן

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Yiddish: חושך (khoyshekh)

References

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew חושך / חֹשֶׁךְ.

Noun

חושך • (khoyshekhm

  1. darkness
  2. gloom

Synonyms