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
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