זכר

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See also: ז־כ־ר

Hebrew

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Root
ז־כ־ר (z-k-r)

Inherited from Proto-Semitic *ḏikar- (man; male; phallus).

Noun

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זָכָר (zakhárm (plural indefinite זְכָרִים, plural construct זִכְרֵי־) [pattern: קָטָל]

  1. man, male
    • 13th century, anonymous poet, quoted in Yehuda Alharizi, Sefer Tahkemoni:
      לו שר בנו־עמרם פני דודי מתאדמים העת שתות שכר,
      ויפי קצותיו והוד יופיו, לא חק בתורתו: ואת זכר.
      Had the son of Amram seen the face of my beloved reddened from the foolishness of liquor,
      and the beauty of his extremities and the majesty of his beauty, he would not have written in his Torah: "and with a man [do not lie]".
  2. (grammar) masculine
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Etymology 2

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Cognate with Arabic ذَكَرَ (ḏakara).

Noun

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זֵכֶר (zékherm [pattern: קֵטֶל]

  1. remembrance, remain, remnant
    לא נותר ממנו זכר.lo notár miménu zécherNothing remained of him. [literally: No remain was left from him.]

Verb

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זָכַר (zakhár) (pa'al construction, future יזכור / יִזְכֹּר, passive participle זָכוּר, passive counterpart נִזְכַּר)

  1. to remember
Conjugation
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Yiddish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Hebrew זכר (zakhár, male).

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Noun

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זכר (zokherm

  1. male
  2. (grammar) masculine