זכר

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See also: ז־כ־ר

Hebrew

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Root
ז־כ־ר (z-k-r)

Inherited from Proto-Semitic *ḏikar- (“man; male; phallus”).

Noun

זָכָר • (zakhár) m (plural indefinite זְכָרִים, plural construct זִכְרֵי־)

  1. man, male
    • 13th century, anonymous poet, quoted in Yehuda Alharizi, Sefer Tahkemoni:
      לו שר בנו־עמרם פני דודי מתאדמים העת שתות שכר,
      ויפי קצותיו והוד יופיו, לא חק בתורתו: ואת זכר.
      Had the son of Amram seen the face of my beloved reddened from the foolishness of liquor,
      and the beauty of his extremities and the majesty of his beauty, he would not have written in his Torah: "and with a man ".
  2. (grammar) masculine
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Etymology 2

Cognate with Arabic ذَكَرَ (ḏakara).

Noun

זֵכֶר • (zékher) m

  1. remembrance, remain, remnant
    לא נותר ממנו זכר. ― lo notár miménu zécher ― Nothing remained of him.

Verb

זָכַר • (zakhár) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction, future יזכור / יִזְכֹּר, passive participle זָכוּר, passive counterpart נִזְכַּר)

  1. to remember
Conjugation
Conjugation of זָכַר (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first זָכַרְתִּי זָכַרְנוּ
second זָכַרְתָּ זָכַרְתְּ זְכַרְתֶּם1 זְכַרְתֶּן1
third זָכַר זָכְרָה זָכְרוּ
present זוֹכֵר זוֹכֶרֶת זוֹכְרִים זוֹכְרוֹת
future first אזכור / אֶזְכֹּר נזכור / נִזְכֹּר
second תזכור / תִּזְכֹּר תִּזְכְּרִי תִּזְכְּרוּ תזכורנה / תִּזְכֹּרְנָה2
third יזכור / יִזְכֹּר תזכור / תִּזְכֹּר יִזְכְּרוּ תזכורנה / תִּזְכֹּרְנָה2
imperative זכור / זְכֹר זִכְרִי זִכְרוּ זכורנה / זְכֹרְנָה2
notes
  1. Pronounced זָכַרְתֶּם and זָכַרְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

References

Yiddish

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew זכר (zakhár, “male”).

Pronunciation

Noun

זכר • (zokher) m

  1. male
  2. (grammar) masculine
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