כחול

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Hebrew

Root
כ־ח־ל (k-kh-l)

Etymology

Compare with Arabic كُحْلِيّ (kuḥliyy, navy blue) from كُحْل (kuḥl, kohl)

Pronunciation

Adjective

כחול / כָּחֹל (kaḥól) (feminine כחולה / כְּחֻלָּה, masculine plural כחולים / כְּחֻלִּים, feminine plural כחולות / כְּחֻלּוֹת)

  1. blue, a darker shade than תְּכֵלֶת (tchélet)

Derived terms

See also

Colors in Hebrew · צְבָעִים (ts'va'ím) (layout · text)
     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)