מהגר
Hebrew
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| ה־ג־ר (h-g-r) |
| 2 terms |
From the present participle of היגר / הִגֵּר (higér, “to immigrate”).
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /me(h)aˈɡeʁ/
Noun
מְהַגֵּר • (m'hagér) m (plural indefinite מְהַגְּרִים, feminine counterpart מְהַגֶּרֶת)
- A (male) immigrant: a (male) person who is immigrating or who has immigrated to a place.
Declension
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number: | State: | form | Person: | singular | plural | ||
| m | f | m | f | ||||
| singular | indefinite | מְהַגֵּר | first | מְהַגְּרִי | מְהַגְּרֵנוּ | ||
| definite | הַמְּהַגֵּר | second | מְהַגֶּרְךָ | מְהַגְּרֵךְ | מְהַגֶּרְכֶם | מְהַגֶּרְכֶן | |
| construct | מְהַגֵּר־ | third | מְהַגְּרוֹ | מְהַגְּרָהּ | מְהַגְּרָם | מְהַגְּרָן | |
| plural | indefinite | מְהַגְּרִים | first | מהגריי / מְהַגְּרַי | מְהַגְּרֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הַמְּהַגְּרִים | second | מְהַגְּרֶיךָ | מהגרייך / מְהַגְּרַיִךְ | מְהַגְּרֵיכֶם | מְהַגְּרֵיכֶן | |
| construct | מְהַגְּרֵי־ | third | מְהַגְּרָיו | מְהַגְּרֶיהָ | מְהַגְּרֵיהֶם | מְהַגְּרֵיהֶן | |
References
- Klein, Ernest (1987), “מְהַגֵּר”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 321b
- “מהגר” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
- "מהגר" in the Noun Declension Tables of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
- מהגר on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he