כהה
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Hebrew[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Compare Aramaic [script needed] (kəhā), Arabic قَهِيَ (kahiya, “to be/become weak, lack hunger”), all possibly related to Arabic قهوة (“wine; coffee”)[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
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Adjective[edit]
כֵּהֶה • (kehé) m (feminine singular כֵּהָה, masculine plural כֵּהִים, feminine plural כֵּהוֹת)
Usage notes[edit]
- This describes both objects (e.g., עור כהה (“dark skin”)) and colors (e.g., כחול כהה (“dark blue”)).
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ “coffee”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.