איחור

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Hebrew[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Root
א־ח־ר (ʾ-ḥ-r)

Action noun of the verb איחר / אִחֵר (ikhér).

Noun[edit]

איחור / אִחוּר (ikhúrm (plural indefinite איחורים / אִחוּרִים, singular construct איחור / אִחוּר־, plural construct איחורי / אִחוּרֵי־) [pattern: קִטּוּל]

  1. A delay: an instance of lateness, a discrepancy between an expected time and an actual time.
    באיחור של שעתייםbeikhúr shél sha'atáyim — [literally] with two hours' delay — [idiomatically] two hours late
  2. (אִחוּר־, ikhúr-) Singular construct state form of איחור / אִחוּר.