כדור

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
כ־ד־ר (k-d-r)
4 terms

Probably from דוּר (circle). Related to כדר (to be round).

Pronunciation

  • (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /kaˈduʁ/
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Noun

כַּדּוּר • (kadúrm (plural indefinite כַּדּוּרִים, singular construct כַּדּוּר־)

  1. A ball or orb or other spherical object.
    הילדים העבירו ביניהם את הכדור.hay'ladím he'evíru beinéhem et hakadúr.The children passed the ball to one another.
  2. (geometry) A ball: a three-dimensional solid enclosed by a sphere.
  3. (geometry, loosely) A sphere: a three-dimensional surface consisting of points equidistant from a center.
  4. (mathematics) A ball: the subset of a metric space that consists of all points within a certain distance from a given point.
  5. A bullet, a round.
    • רונה קינן, שיר נוצות
      אני רוצה להיות כרית נוצות שתספוג את הכדור במקומך
      I want to be the pin cushion that takes the bullet for you
    • כדור (תחמושת) on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
  6. A pill: medicine to be swallowed.
    אני לוקח תשעה כדורים ביום כדי שלא לדבר תמיד על כמה אני רוצה להתנשק עם כל בחורי הישיבה.
    ani lokéakh tish'á kadurím bayóm kdé sheló l'dabér tamíd al káma aní rotsé l'hitnashék im kól bakhuré hay'shivá.
    I take nine pills a day so I'm not always talking about how much I want to make out with all these yeshiva guys.

Usage notes

  • Historically, this noun was sometimes masculine, sometimes feminine. In Modern Hebrew it is exclusively masculine.

Derived terms

See also

References

  • Klein, Ernest (1987) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 270