א־ר־ך

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Hebrew

Etymology

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The "date" sense is denominal from תַּאֲרִיךְ (ta'aríkh), a loanword from an Arabic word originally corresponding to the Hebrew root י־ר־ח (y-r-k) / יָרֵחַ (yaréakh, moon).

Root

א־ר־ך (ʾ-r-k)

  1. Related to length.
  2. Related to dates (points in time).

Derived terms

Further reading

  • א־ר־ך” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
  • א־ר־ך”, in Hebrew dictionary and conjugation tables, Pealim.com
  • A. Murtonen (1989) “ʾRK”, in Hebrew in Its West Semitic Setting, Part I, Section Bb, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 101
  • Klein, Ernest (1987) “ארך”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English, Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 55b
  • Klein, Ernest (1987) “תַּאֲרִיךְ”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English, Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 689(?)