גלח

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ג־ל־ח (g-l-kh)
4 terms

From the root ג־ל־ח (related to shaving). The priest sense comes from the historic Christian practice of tonsure.

Pronunciation

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Noun

גַּלָּח • (galákh) m (plural indefinite גַּלָּחִים) [pattern: קַטָּל]

1. Christian priest
2. buzz cut

Declension

Declension of גַּלָּח

	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
Number:	State:	form	Person:	singular		plural
				m	f	m	f
singular	indefinite	גַּלָּח	first	גַּלָּחִי		גַּלָּחֵנוּ
	definite	הַגַּלָּח	second	גַּלָּחֲךָ	גַּלָּחֵךְ	גַּלַּחֲכֶם	גַּלַּחֲכֶן
	construct	גַּלַּח־	third	גַּלָּחוֹ	גַּלָּחָהּ	גַּלָּחָם	גַּלָּחָן
plural	indefinite	גַּלָּחִים	first	גלחיי / גַּלָּחַי		גַּלָּחֵינוּ
	definite	הַגַּלָּחִים	second	גַּלָּחֶיךָ	גלחייך / גַּלָּחַיִךְ	גַּלָּחֵיכֶם	גַּלָּחֵיכֶן
	construct	גַּלָּחֵי־	third	גַּלָּחָיו	גַּלָּחֶיהָ	גַּלָּחֵיהֶם	גַּלָּחֵיהֶן

Verb

גִּלֵּחַ • (gilé'akh) (pi'el construction)

1. defective spelling of גילח

References

• H1548 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• "גלח" in the Noun Declension Tables of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew גַּלָּח (galákh).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaɫəχ/

Noun

גלח • (galekh) m, plural גלחים (galokhem)

1. (Christianity) priest (Christian, especially Catholic, and Eastern Orthodox)

   Synonym: פּאָפּ (pop)