חולני

Hebrew

Etymology
Root
ח־ל־ה (ḥ-l-h)

From חוֹלֶה (kholé, “sick, ill”) +‎ ־ני (-ní).

Adjective

חוֹלָנִי • (kholaní) (feminine חוֹלָנִית, masculine plural חוֹלָנִיִּים, feminine plural חוֹלָנִיּוֹת)

  1. (of a person) Slightly ill, sickly, weakened. [from Late Antiquity]
  2. (of a characteristic) Unhealthy, morbid: characteristic of illness. [Modern]
    אובססיה חולנית ― obsésya kholanít ― an unhealthy obsession

References
  • “חוֹלָנִי” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שׁוֹשָׁן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ (ha-milón he-khadásh, “The New Dictionary”), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם)‎ (1984), →ISBN, volume 1 of 3 (א to כ), →ISBN, page 374.
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