Hebrew Learning Guide
Adjectives

root עקר

עִקָרִי ikari
עִקָרִית ikarit

main, fundamental, principal

Adjective forms

masc. singular fem. singular masc. plural fem. plural
עִקָרִי ikari
עִקָרִית ikarit
עִקְרִיִּים ikriyim
עִקְרִיּוֹת ikriyot

Notes

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

Derived from עִיקָר essence, gist; principle; majority, most part and ־ִי.

See also

  • Noun – masculine עִיקָר essence, gist; principle; majority, most part
  • Noun – kittalon pattern, masculine עִיקָּרוֹן principle
  • Noun – katul pattern, masculine עָקוּר displaced person
  • Adjective – katul pattern עָקוּר uprooted
  • 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