ירוק

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Hebrew

Root
י־ר־ק (y-r-q)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *waruḳ-. Compare with יֶרֶק (vegetation) and Arabic وَرَق (waraq, leaf)

Pronunciation

Adjective

ירוק / יָרֹק (yarók) (feminine ירוקה / יְרֻקָּה, masculine plural ירוקים / יְרֻקִּים, feminine plural ירוקות / יְרֻקּוֹת)

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Colors in Hebrew · צְבָעִים (ts'va'ím) (layout · text)
     לָבָן (laván)      אפוראָפֹר (afór)      שחורשָׁחֹר (shakhór)
             אדוםאָדֹם (adóm); אַרְגָּמָן (argamán)              כתוםכָּתֹם (katóm); חוּם (khum)              צהובצָהֹב (tsahóv); קרֶם (krem)
             ליים (láym)              ירוקיָרֹק (yarók)              ירוק נענעיָרֹק נַעְנַע (yarók nána)
             צִיאָן (tsi'án)              תְּכֵלֶת (t'khélet)              כחולכָּחֹל (kakhól)
             סגולסָגֹל (sagól); אִינְדִּיגוֹ (índigo)              מָגֶ׳נְטָה (madjénta); סגולסָגֹל (sagól)              ורודוָרֹד (varód)