סגר

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Hebrew

Root
ס־ג־ר (s-g-r)

Pronunciation

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Verb

סָגַר • (sagár) (pa'al construction, infinitive לסגור / לִסְגֹּר, future יסגור / יִסְגֹּר, passive participle סָגוּר, passive counterpart נִסְגַּר)

  1. To close (a door, a window, or the like).
  2. To close, close up (a store, a restaurant, or the like).

Usage notes

  • Whereas English uses the same form, close, both for the item being closed and for the person closing it (consider, for example, “the store closes at ten o’clock” and “they close the store at ten o’clock”), Hebrew uses סָגַר only for the latter (“סוגרים את החנות בשעה עשר”), with the passive counterpart נִסְגַּר (nisgár) being used for the former (“החנות נסגרת בשעה עשר”).

Conjugation

Conjugation of סָגַר (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first סָגַרְתִּי סָגַרְנוּ
second סָגַרְתָּ סָגַרְתְּ סְגַרְתֶּם1 סְגַרְתֶּן1
third סָגַר סָגְרָה סָגְרוּ
present סוֹגֵר סוֹגֶרֶת סוֹגְרִים סוֹגְרוֹת
future first אסגור / אֶסְגֹּר נסגור / נִסְגֹּר
second תסגור / תִּסְגֹּר תִּסְגְּרִי תִּסְגְּרוּ תסגורנה / תִּסְגֹּרְנָה2
third יסגור / יִסְגֹּר תסגור / תִּסְגֹּר יִסְגְּרוּ תסגורנה / תִּסְגֹּרְנָה2
imperative סגור / סְגֹר סִגְרִי סִגְרוּ סגורנה / סְגֹרְנָה2
notes
  1. Pronounced סָגַרְתֶּם and סָגַרְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

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Further reading

Noun

סֶגֶר • (séger) m (plural indefinite סְגָרִים, singular construct סֶגֶר־, plural construct סִגְרֵי־)

  1. closure
    Synonym: נְעִילָה
  2. lockdown, curfew
    המדינה תכנס לסגר ביום ראשון. ― The country will enter a lockdown on Sunday.
  3. (medicine, dentistry) occlusion

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