שער

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
שׁ־ע־ר (š-ʿ-r)

Related to Aramaic תַּרְעָא (tarʿā) by metathesis.

Compare Arabic سعر.

Noun

שַׁעַר • (shá'ar) m (plural indefinite שְׁעָרִים, singular construct שַׁעַר־, plural construct שַׁעֲרֵי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. gateway (entrance)
    בחומת ירושלים יש שמונה שערים, כולם חשובים ומפורסמים
    There are eight gates in the walls of Jerusalem, all of them important and famous
  2. gateway (beginning)
  3. market value
  4. title page, front page
  5. (sports) goal
Declension
Derived terms
References

Verb

שִׁעֵר • (shi'ér) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of שיער

Etymology 2

Root
שׂ־ע־ר (ś-ʿ-r)

From Proto-Semitic *śaʕr-. Cognate to Arabic شَعْر / شَعَر (šaʕr / šaʕar, hair), Ge'ez ጸጕር (ṣägʷr).

Noun

שֵׂעָר • (se'ár) m

  1. hair
Declension
Alternative forms

References

  • שער” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

Anagrams

Yiddish

Etymology

Deverbal from שערן (shern, to cut).

Noun

שער • (sher) f, plural שערן (shern), diminutive שערל (sherl)

  1. scissors, shears

Noun

שער • (sher) m, plural שערן (shern), diminutive שערעלע (sherele)

  1. a traditional dance, the sher

Descendants

  • Hebrew: שֶׁר (shér)
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