זכר

See also: ז־כ־ר

Hebrew

Pronunciation

Etymology 1
Root
ז־כ־ר (z-k-r)

From Proto-Semitic *ḏikar- (“man; male; phallus”).

Noun

זָכָר • (zachár) m (plural indefinite זְכָרִים, plural construct זִכְרֵי־) [pattern: קָטָל]

  1. man, male
    • 13th century, anonymous poet, quoted in Yehuda Alharizi, Sefer Tahkemoni:
      לו שר בנו־עמרם פני דודי מתאדמים העת שתות שכר,
      ויפי קצותיו והוד יופיו, לא חק בתורתו: ואת זכר.
      Had the son of Amram seen the face of my beloved reddened from the foolishness of liquor,
      and the beauty of his extremities and the majesty of his beauty, he would not have written in his Torah: "and with a man [do not lie]".
  2. (grammar) masculine
Antonyms
Derived terms
Further reading

Etymology 2

Cognate with Arabic ذَكَرَ (ḏakara).

Noun

זֵכֶר • (zécher) m [pattern: קֵטֶל]

  1. remembrance, remain, remnant
    לא נותר ממנו זכר. ― lo notár miménu zécher ― Nothing remained of him. [literally: No remain was left from him.]

Verb

זָכַר • (zachár) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction, future יזכור / יִזְכֹּר, passive participle זָכוּר, passive counterpart נִזְכַּר)

  1. to remember
Conjugation
Conjugation of זָכַר (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
  • to-infinitive: לזכור / לִזְכֹּר
  • action noun: זְכִירָה
  • passive participle: זָכוּר
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first זָכַרְתִּיזָכַרְנוּ
second זָכַרְתָּזָכַרְתְּזְכַרְתֶּם1זְכַרְתֶּן1
third זָכַרזָכְרָהזָכְרוּ
present זוֹכֵרזוֹכֶרֶתזוֹכְרִיםזוֹכְרוֹת
future first אזכור / אֶזְכֹּרנזכור / נִזְכֹּר
second תזכור / תִּזְכֹּרתִּזְכְּרִיתִּזְכְּרוּתזכורנה / תִּזְכֹּרְנָה2
third יזכור / יִזְכֹּרתזכור / תִּזְכֹּריִזְכְּרוּתזכורנה / תִּזְכֹּרְנָה2
imperative זכור / זְכֹרזִכְרִיזִכְרוּזכורנה / זְכֹרְנָה2
notes
  1. Pronounced זָכַרְתֶּם and זָכַרְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

References

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew זכר (zachár, “male”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈzɔχɜr/

Noun

זכר • (zokher) m

  1. male
  2. (grammar) masculine
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