שכר

See also: שׂכר

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
שׂ־כ־ר (ś-k-r)

Verb

שָׂכַר • (sakhár) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

1. to hire, rent

Noun

שָׂכָר • (sakhár) m (singular construct שְׂכַר־)

1. wage, salary
2. payment
3. reward

Synonyms

• פְּרָס (3)

Descendants

• Yiddish: שׂכר (skhar)

Noun

שֶׂכֶר • (sékher) m [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. charter plane, boat, bus, etc.

Etymology 2

Root
שׁ־כ־ר (š-k-r)

Compare Arabic سَكِرَ (sakira, “to get drunk, to become intoxicated”).

Verb

שָׁכַר • (shakhár) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

1. to be or become drunk

Noun

שֵׁכָר • (shekhár) m

1. liquor

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: σίκερα (síkera)
  • → Latin: sīcera
    • → Middle English: ciser, siser, cisar, seser, cyser, sicer, syser, cisere
      • → English: cyser
    • Old French: cisdre, sidre
      • → Breton: sistr
      • French: cidre
        • → German: Cidre
        • → Polish: cydr
        • → Romanian: cidru
        • → Russian: сидр (sidr)
        • → Ukrainian: сидр (sydr)
      • → Middle Dutch: sider
        • Dutch: cider
      • → Middle English: sider, sedyr, cedyr, sydyr, cidre, sidre, syder, sydur, siþer, sythere, sydir, sidur, sithir, cyther, cyder
        • English: cider
          • → Bulgarian: са́йдер (sájder)
          • → Finnish: siideri
          • → Jersey Dutch: sâiter
          • → Japanese: サイダー (saidā)
          • → Korean: 사이다 (saida)
        • Scots: cedar (obsolete)
        • → Welsh: seidr
      • → Galician: sidra
      • → Spanish: sidra
        • → Catalan: sidra
        • → Tagalog: sidra
      • → Italian: sidro.

Verb

שִׁכֵּר • (shikér) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction)

1. defective spelling of שיכר