כושי
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Hebrew [edit]
Adjective [edit]
כּוּשִׁי (kúshi) m sg indef.
- (literally) Kushite, Cushite: of, from, or pertaining to Kush in ancient northwestern Africa.
- (offensive, by extension) Black: being a black person.
Usage notes [edit]
- (black): This adjective is often pejorative and is usually considered offensive; it is perhaps comparable to English Negro or colored.
Noun [edit]
כּוּשִׁי (kúshi) m
- (literally) A (male) Kushite, Cushite.
- (offensive, by extension) A (male) black person.
- 2009 August 11, דניאל אדלסון (Daniel Edelson), "צעירה אתיופית: 'נהג אגד אמר שלא מסיע כושים'" (tz'irá etiópit: "nahág éged amár sheló masía kúshim", “Young Ethiopian Woman: 'Eged driver said he doesn't drive kúshim”), Ynet.
Usage notes [edit]
- See the usage notes for the adjective, above.
