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Hebrew
Etymology
From the verb חָרַג (kharág, “to exceed, digress, depart”); cognate to Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܚܘܼܪܓܵܐ (ḥurgā).
Pronunciation
Adjective
חוֹרֵג • (khorég) (feminine חוֹרֶגֶת, masculine plural חוֹרְגִים, feminine plural חוֹרְגוֹת)
- step- used to indicate that the person being identified is not a blood relative but is related through the marriage of a parent
דְּמוּת הָאֵם הַחוֹרֶגֶת מִצְטָיֶּרֶת לָרֹב כִּמְרֻשַּׁעַת בָּאַגָּדוֹת הַיְּלָדִים.- d'mut ha'ém hakhoréget mitstayéret laróv kim'rushá'at ba'agadót hay'ladím.
- The character of the stepmother is often portrayed as evil in children's fairy tales.
- זדון ומשוגה - Avraham Shalom Friedberg, in the Ben Yehuda project
”לי היה אח חורג גדול ממני, בן אבי מאשתו הראשונה, ואחות קטנה“ – ענת שרה.- “li hayá ákh khorég gadól miméni, bén aví me'ishtó harishoná v'akhót k'taná” - 'Anat Sará
- “I had a stepbrother older than me, my father's son from his first wife, and a younger sister” - Anat Sara
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