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Hebrew
Etymology
Ultimately from German Intersexe.
Adjective
אִינְטֶרְסֶקְס • (ínterseks)
- Intersex, intersexed.
Noun
אִינְטֶרְסֶקְס • (ínterseks) m (plural indefinite אִינְטֶרְסֶקְסִים or אִינְטֶרְסֶקְס)
- Intersex: the condition of being intersex.
- An intersex person.
- (used as a plural) Intersex people.
- 2011 May 13, ליאת שלזינגר (Liat Schlessinger), “המין השלישי: היציאה מהארון של האינטרסקס” (hamín hash'lishí: hay'tsi'á meiha'arón shel ha'ínterseks, “The third sex: The coming out of intersex people”), in nrgמעריב:
אחרי שנים של חיים במסתור האינטרסקס לא מתביישים.- akharéi shaním shel khayím b'mistór, ha'ínterseks lo mitbay'shím.
After years of life in hiding, intersex people are not ashamed.
Usage notes
- The grammar of this word is not consistent. Sometimes it is treated as singular, sometimes as plural; a regular plural אינטרסקסים (interséksim) does exist. When used as a modifier, it is sometimes treated as an adjective, sometimes as an attributive noun. As a result, the following can all be synonymous: אנשים אינטרסקס (anashím ínterseks), אנשי אינטרסקס (anshéi-ínterseks), אינטרסקס (ínterseks), אינטרסקסים (interséksim). Currently אנשים אינטרסקסים (anashím interséksim) does not seem to be attested, however.