קול
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Hebrew
Etymology 1
| Root |
|---|
| ק־ו־ל (q-w-l) |
Cognate with Aramaic קָלָא (qālā), Ge'ez ቃል (ḳal, “voice”), and related to Arabic قَوْل (qawl, “saying”).
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /kol/
- (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA(key): /kojl/
- (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA(key): /kol/
- (Syrian Hebrew) IPA(key): /qoːl/,
- (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA(key): /ɡøːl/
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /qoːl/
- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /qoːl/
- Homophone: כָּל (kol) (Modern Hebrew)
Noun
קוֹל • (kol) m (plural indefinite קוֹלוֹת, singular construct קוֹל־)
- voice (also in its figurative senses of statement, opinion, or order)
- sound (see also צליל)
- (Modern) vote
Declension
Declension of קוֹל
| Number | Isolated forms | With possessive pronouns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Form | Person | singular | plural | |||
| m. | f. | m. | f. | ||||
| singular | indefinite | קוֹל | first | קוֹלִי | קוֹלֵנוּ | ||
| definite | הַקּוֹל | second | קוֹלְךָ | קוֹלֵךְ | קוֹלְכֶם | קוֹלְכֶן | |
| construct | קוֹל־ | third | קוֹלוֹ | קוֹלָהּ | קוֹלָם | קוֹלָן | |
| plural | indefinite | קוֹלוֹת | first | קולותיי / קוֹלוֹתַי | קוֹלוֹתֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הַקּוֹלוֹת | second | קוֹלוֹתֶיךָ | קולותייך / קוֹלוֹתַיִךְ | קוֹלוֹתֵיכֶם | קוֹלוֹתֵיכֶן | |
| construct | קוֹלוֹת־ | third | קוֹלוֹתָיו | קוֹלוֹתֶיהָ | קוֹלוֹתָם | קוֹלוֹתָן | |
Derived terms
- בְּקוֹל רָם (b'kól ram)
- בקולי קולות
- בת־קול
- גל קול
- מיתרי הקול
- קוֹלְנוֹעַ (kolnóa')
- קול ישראל
- קול צף
- קול קורא
- קול קורא במדבר
- קולי
- קולני
- רַמְקוֹל (ramkol)
- שמע בקול
References
Etymology 2
From the English adjective cool.
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /kul/
Adjective
קוּל • (kul) (feminine קוּלית, masculine plural קוּלִים, feminine plural קוּלִיוֹת)
- (colloquial) (slang) cool person
- (colloquial) (slang) fashionable, popular (person or thing)
Derived terms
See also
Yiddish
Etymology
Noun
קול • (kol) n, plural קולער (keler), diminutive קולכל (kelekhl)