סגול
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Hebrew
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| ס־ג־ל (s-g-l) |
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Etymology 1
Borrowed from Aramaic סְגוֹלָא / ܣܓܘܿܠܵܐ (sḡōlā, “cluster”), due to its graphic shape thought to resemble grapes. Accordingly, in the earliest Hebrew-language Masoretic treatises with shwa on the samekh. Doublet of אֶשְׁכּוֹל (ʾɛškṓl).
Noun
סֶגוֹל • (segól, sɛḡol) m (plural indefinite סֶגוֹלִים)
- segol (a Hebrew niqqud diacritical mark (ִ◌ֶ) in the form of three dots arranged as an upside-down triangle, pronounced in Modern Hebrew as /e/)
Alternative forms
- סְגוֹל (segól, səḡol)
Derived terms
- חֲטַף סֶגוֹל m (khatáf segól, “hataf segol”)
References
- “סגול” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
סגול (ניקוד) on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he- Segol on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
From סֶגֶל (ségel, sɛ́ḡɛl, “violet (flower)”).
Adjective
סגול / סָגֹל • (sagól) (feminine סגולה / סְגֻלָּה, masculine plural סגולים / סְגֻלִּים, feminine plural סגולות / סְגֻלּוֹת)
Derived terms
See also
| 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) |