שלג
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שׁ־ל־ג (sh-l-g) |
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Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Semitic *ṯalg- (“snow”). Cognate with Akkadian 𒊭𒀠𒄖𒌝 (šalgum) and Arabic ثَلْج (ṯalj).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): [ˈʃeleɡ]
Noun
[edit]שֶׁלֶג • (shéleg) m (plural indefinite שְׁלָגִים, singular construct שֶׁלֶג־, plural construct שִׁלְגֵי־, Biblical Hebrew pausal form שָׁלֶג) [pattern: קֶטֶל]
Declension
[edit]Declension of שֶׁלֶג
Number | Isolated forms | With possessive pronouns | |||||
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State | Form | Person | singular | plural | |||
m. | f. | m. | f. | ||||
singular | indefinite | שֶׁלֶג | first | שִׁלְגִּי | שִׁלְגֵּנוּ | ||
definite | הַשֶּׁלֶג | second | שִׁלְגְּךָ | שִׁלְגֵּךְ | שִׁלְגְּכֶם | שִׁלְגְּכֶן | |
construct | שֶׁלֶג־ | third | שִׁלְגּוֹ | שִׁלְגָּהּ | שִׁלְגָּם | שִׁלְגָּן | |
plural | indefinite | שְׁלָגִים | first | שלגיי / שְׁלָגַי | שְׁלָגֵינוּ | ||
definite | הַשְּׁלָגִים | second | שְׁלָגֶיךָ | שלגייך / שְׁלָגַיִךְ | שִׁלְגֵיכֶם | שִׁלְגֵיכֶן | |
construct | שִׁלְגֵי־ | third | שְׁלָגָיו | שְׁלָגֶיהָ | שִׁלְגֵיהֶם | שִׁלְגֵיהֶן |
Derived terms
[edit]- אִישׁ שֶׁלֶג (ísh shéleg)
- גַּלְשַׁן שֶׁלֶג (galshán shéleg, “snowboard”)
- כַּדּוּר שֶׁלֶג (kadúr shéleg, “snowball”)
- כְּשֶׁלֶג בַּקַּיִץ (k'shéleg bakáyits, “like snow in summer”)
- שֶׁלֶג דְּאֶשְׁתָּקַד (shéleg d'eshtakád, “a transient or illusory thing”)
- שִׁלְגּוֹן (shilgón, “popsicle”)
- שִׁלְגִּיָּה (shilgiyá, “Snow White”)
- שַׁלְגִּית (shalgít, “snowsled”)
Related terms
[edit]- הִשְׁלִיג (hishlíg, “to bring down snow, to cover with snow”)
- מושלג / מֻשְׁלָג (mushlág, “snow-covered”)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]שלג on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he