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שורש
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Hebrew
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *šurš-.
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈʃoʁeʃ/
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): [ˈʃoː.ʀ̟ɛʃ]
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Noun
שורש / שֹׁרֶשׁ • (šóreš) m (plural indefinite שורשים / שָׁרָשִׁים or שורשים / שֳׁרָשִׁים, singular construct שורש / שֹׁרֶשׁ־) [pattern: קֹטֶל]
- root (the part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction)
- (by extension) root (i.e. source, basis)
- (by extension, linguistics) root (e.g., a triliteral root) of a Semitic word
- (by extension, mathematics) root (e.g., square root)
Verb
שורש / שֹׁרַשׁ • (šoráš) (pu'al construction, active counterpart שירש / שֵׁרֵשׁ)
- to be rooted out
- Tanach, Job 31:8, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- אֶזְרְעָה וְאַחֵר יֹאכֵל וְצֶאֱצָאַי יְשֹׁרָשׁוּ׃
- 'ezr'á v'akhér yokhél v'tse'etsa'ái y'shoráshu.
ʾezrəʿā wəʾaḥēr yōḵēl wəṣeʾĕṣāʾay yəšōrā́šū. - Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let the produce of my field be rooted out.
- 'ezr'á v'akhér yokhél v'tse'etsa'ái y'shoráshu.
Conjugation
1 Rare in Modern Hebrew.
Derived terms
- שורשי / שָׁרְשִׁי (shor'shí)
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Yiddish
Etymology
From Hebrew שורש / שֹׁרֶשׁ.
Noun
שורש • (shoyresh) m, plural שורשים (shorashem)
Synonyms
- וואָרצל (vortsl)
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