צעיר

Hebrew

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ṣ-ɣ-r (“to be small, young”). Compare Arabic صَغِير‎ (ṣaḡīr).

Adjective

צָעִיר • (tza'ír) (feminine צְעִירָה‎, masculine plural צְעִירִים‎, feminine plural צְעִירוֹת‎) [pattern: קָטִיל]

Young (in the early part of life or growth).
- איה כורם, אוטוביוגרפיה
  ‏עברו שלושה שבועות ושלחתי מכתב כדי שאמא תדע מה קרה, שרק לא תדאג לי ורק שתזכור שגם היא פעם הייתה צְעִירָה.‎‎
  'av'ru shlosha shavu'ot v'shalakhti mikhtav k'dei she'ima teda' ma kara, sherak lo tid'ag li v'rak shetizkor shegam hi pa'am hay'ta tse'ira.
  three weeks passed and I sent a letter to mom so she'd know what happened, so she wouldn't worry about me, and so she'd remember that she too was once young.

Noun

צָעִיר • (tza'ír) m (plural indefinite צְעִירִים‎, singular construct צְעִיר־, plural construct צְעִירֵי־‎, feminine counterpart צְעִירָה‎) [pattern: קָטִיל]

A young (male) person, a (male) youth.

References

“צעיר” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שֹׁשָן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ‎ (ha-milón he-khadásh, “The New Dictionary”), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם)‎ (1984), →ISBN.

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