Hebrew Learning Guide
Adjectives

root עקר

pattern KATUL

עָקוּר akur
עֲקוּרָה akura

uprooted

Adjective forms

masc. singular fem. singular masc. plural fem. plural
עָקוּר akur
עֲקוּרָה akura
עֲקוּרִים akurim
עֲקוּרוֹת akurot

Notes

The first radical of this word is guttural; this affects the adjacent vowels.

See also

  • Noun – masculine עִיקָר essence, gist; principle; majority, most part
  • Noun – kittalon pattern, masculine עִיקָּרוֹן principle
  • Adjective עִיקָרִי main, fundamental, principal
  • Noun – katul pattern, masculine עָקוּר displaced person
  • Noun – ktila pattern, feminine עֲקִירָה uprooting, extraction; forced displacement, transfer
  • Adjective – katal pattern עָקָר infertile, sterile, barren; futile
  • Verb – pa'al לַעֲקוֹר to uproot; to displace, to transfer
  • Verb – nif'al לְהֵיעָקֵר to be uprooted; to be exiled
  • Verb – pi'el לְעַקֵּר to neuter, to spay; to sterilize
  • Adjective עֶקְרוֹנִי fundamental, basic
  • Noun – feminine עֲקָרוּת infertility, sterility; emptiness, futility