קשה

Hebrew

Adjective

קָשֶׁה • (kashé) (feminine קָשָׁה, masculine plural קָשִׁים, feminine plural קָשׁוֹת)

1. hard (resistant to pressure)
2. hard (difficult)
3. hard (demanding a lot of effort to endure)
4. (of eggs) hard-boiled
5. (of an injury or accident) serious, heavy: major, non-trivial
6. (קָשָׁה, kashá) feminine singular indefinite form of קָשֶׁה.
7. (קְשֵׁה־, k'shé-) masculine singular construct state form of קָשֶׁה.

Usage notes

• This adjective is often used "impersonally", that is, without a personal subject.

Antonyms

• (resistant to pressure, hard-boiled): רך (rákh)
• (difficult, serious, heavy): קל (kál)

Derived terms

• קשה עורף (kshé 'óref)

Anagrams

• שקה

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Yiddish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hebrew קָשֶׁה.

Adjective

קשה • (koshe)

1. difficult

Synonyms

• (difficult): שווער (shver)

Antonyms

• (difficult): נישקשה (nishkoshe), לײַכט (laykht), גרינג (gring)