טקס
Hebrew
Alternative forms
- טֶכֶס (see usage notes)
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| ט־ק־ס (ṭ-q-s) |
| 1 term |
Coined by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda in 1896 based on Ancient Greek τάξις (táxis) and Arabic طَقْس (ṭaqs) published in his daily newspaper, HaTzvi.
Noun
טֶקֶס • (tékes) m (plural indefinite טְקָסִים, plural construct טִקְסֵי־)
Usage notes
- 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]
Declension
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number: | State: | form | Person: | singular | plural | ||
| m | f | m | f | ||||
| singular | indefinite | טֶקֶס | first | טִקְסִי | טִקְסֵנוּ | ||
| definite | הַטֶּקֶס | second | טִקְסְךָ | טִקְסֵךְ | טִקְסְכֶם | טִקְסְכֶן | |
| construct | טֶקֶס־ | third | טִקְסוֹ | טִקְסָהּ | טִקְסָם | טִקְסָן | |
| plural | indefinite | טְקָסִים | first | טקסיי / טְקָסַי | טְקָסֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הַטְּקָסִים | second | טְקָסֶיךָ | טקסייך / טְקָסַיִךְ | טִקְסֵיכֶם | טִקְסֵיכֶן | |
| construct | טִקְסֵי־ | third | טְקָסָיו | טְקָסֶיהָ | טִקְסֵיהֶם | טִקְסֵיהֶן | |
See also
- פולחן / פֻּלְחָן m (pulkhan)
References
- ^ The Academy of the Hebrew Language (15 March 2011), “טקס או טכס?”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name) (in Hebrew), retrieved 26 October 2016
- ^ “טכס, טקס”, in Google Books Ngram Viewer.
- "טקס" in the Noun Declension Tables of the Academy of Hebrew Language