כהה

Hebrew

Etymology

Compare Aramaic [script needed] (kəhā), Arabic قَهِيَ‎ (kahiya, “to be/become weak, lack hunger”), all possibly related to Arabic قهوة‎ (“wine; coffee”)[1]

Adjective

כֵּהֶה • (kehé) m (feminine singular כֵּהָה, masculine plural כֵּהִים‎, feminine plural כֵּהוֹת‎)

  1. dark (deep in hue)

Usage notes
  • This describes both objects (e.g., עור כהה (“dark skin”)) and colors (e.g., כחול כהה (“dark blue”)).

Derived terms
  • שחפית כהה‎

References
  1. “coffee”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
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