כהה

Hebrew

Etymology

Compare Aramaic [script needed] (kəhā), Arabic قَهِيَ (kahiya, “to be/become weak, lack hunger”), all possibly related to Arabic قهوة (“wine; coffee”)[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

כֵּהֶה • (kehé) m (feminine singular כֵּהָה, masculine plural כֵּהִים, feminine plural כֵּהוֹת)

  1. dark (deep in hue)

Usage notes

  • This describes both objects (e.g., עור כהה (“dark skin”)) and colors (e.g., כחול כהה (“dark blue”)).

Derived terms

  • שחפית כהה

References

  1. ^ “coffee”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
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