מחיקון
Hebrew
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| מ־ח־ק (m-kh-q) |
| 4 terms |
From the root מ־ח־ק (m-kh-q) + ־ון (-on). Compare with מָחַק (makhák, “to erase”).
Noun
מְחִיקוֹן • (mekhikon) m
- (television, historical) a color killer
Declension
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number: | State: | form | Person: | singular | plural | ||
| m | f | m | f | ||||
| singular | indefinite | מְחִיקוֹן | first | מְחִיקוֹנִי | מְחִיקוֹנֵנוּ | ||
| definite | הַמְּחִיקוֹן | second | מְחִיקוֹנְךָ | מְחִיקוֹנֵךְ | מְחִיקוֹנְכֶם | מְחִיקוֹנְכֶן | |
| construct | מְחִיקוֹן־ | third | מְחִיקוֹנוֹ | מְחִיקוֹנָהּ | מְחִיקוֹנָם | מְחִיקוֹנָן | |
| plural | indefinite | מְחִיקוֹנִים | first | מחיקוניי / מְחִיקוֹנַי | מְחִיקוֹנֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הַמְּחִיקוֹנִים | second | מְחִיקוֹנֶיךָ | מחיקונייך / מְחִיקוֹנַיִךְ | מְחִיקוֹנֵיכֶם | מְחִיקוֹנֵיכֶן | |
| construct | מְחִיקוֹנֵי־ | third | מְחִיקוֹנָיו | מְחִיקוֹנֶיהָ | מְחִיקוֹנֵיהֶם | מְחִיקוֹנֵיהֶן | |
Derived terms
- אַנְטִי־מְחִיקוֹן (anti-mekhikon)
References
- “מחיקון” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
- "מחיקון" in the Noun Declension Tables of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
In the '70s, the Israeli government considered the import of color televisions as frivolous and a luxury that would increase social gaps. Therefore, the government ordered the Israel Broadcasting Authority to erase the color from color-taped telecasts by erasing the "burst phase" signal. The "damaged" signal triggered the "color killer" mechanism, installed in color TV sets to prevent the appearance of color.
Color killer at Wikipedia