חום
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חוּם (“brown”)
Hebrew
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /χum/
Adjective
חוּם • (khúm) (feminine חוּמָה, masculine plural חוּמִים, feminine plural חוּמוֹת)
- Brown, brown-colored.
- (חוּם־, khúm-) masculine singular construct state form of חוּם.
Noun
חוּם • (khúm) m (plural indefinite חוּמִים, singular construct חוּם־, plural construct חוּמֵי־)
- (countable and uncountable) brown (a colour like that of chocolate or coffee)
חום (צבע) on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
- (חוּם־, khúm-) singular construct state form of חוּם.
See also
| לָבָן (laván) | אפור / אָפֹר (afór) | שחור / שָׁחֹר (shakhór) |
| אדום / אָדֹם (adóm); אַרְגָּמָן (argamán) | כתום / כָּתֹם (katóm); חוּם (khum) | צהוב / צָהֹב (tsahóv); קרֶם (krem) |
| ליים (láym) | ירוק / יָרֹק (yarók) | ירוק נענע / יָרֹק נַעְנַע (yarók nána) |
| צִיאָן (tsi'án) | תְּכֵלֶת (t'khélet) | כחול / כָּחֹל (kakhól) |
| סגול / סָגֹל (sagól); אִינְדִּיגוֹ (índigo) | מָגֶ׳נְטָה (madjénta); סגול / סָגֹל (sagól) | ורוד / וָרֹד (varód) |
Etymology 2
| Root |
|---|
| ח־מ־ם (kh-m-m) |
From the root ח־מ־ם (kh-m-m); compare חַם (khám).
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /χom/
Noun
חום / חֹם • (khóm) m (no plural forms, singular construct חום / חֹם־)
- Heat, warmth: the property of being hot.
- (physics, chemistry) Heat: energy transferred by thermal interaction.
- חום (פיזיקה) on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
- Warmth, fever, feverishness.
- חום (תסמין) on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
- (חֹם־, khóm-) singular construct state form of חום / חֹם.
Derived terms
- גל חום / גַּל חֹם (gal khóm)
- מדחום / מַדְחֹם (madḥóm)
- משאבת חום / מַשְׁאֵבַת חֹם (mash'evát khom)
See also
- טמפרטורה (temperatúra)