ארוך

ארוך

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
א־ר־ך‎ (ʾ-r-k)

compare Aramaic אריכא‎ (`Ariḥa, “long”)

Adjective

ארוך / אָרֹךְ • ('arókh) (feminine ארוכה \\ אֲרֻכָּה‎, masculine plural ארוכים \\ אֲרֻכִּים‎, feminine plural ארוכות \\ אֲרֻכּוֹת‎)

1. Long: having a great distance from one end to the other.
2. Long: of great duration.
3. Used in the construct state, with a noun complement.

   ‏אישה ארוכת שיער‎ ― ishá arukát-se'ár ― a long-haired woman

   ‏אספרג ארוך־עלים‎ ― asparág arókh-alím ― Asparagus horridus [literally long-leaved asparagus]

Antonyms

• קָצָר‎