ארוך

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Hebrew[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Root
א־ר־ך (ʾ-r-k)

compare Aramaic אריכא (`Ariḥa, long)

Pronunciation[edit]

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Adjective[edit]

ארוך / אָרֹךְ ('arókh) (feminine ארוכה / אֲרֻכָּה, masculine plural ארוכים / אֲרֻכִּים, feminine plural ארוכות / אֲרֻכּוֹת)

  1. Long: having a great distance from one end to the other.
  2. Long: of great duration.
  3. Used in the construct state, with a noun complement.
    אישה ארוכת שיערishá arukát-se'ára long-haired woman
    אספרג ארוך־עליםasparág arókh-alímAsparagus horridus [literally long-leaved asparagus]

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