כרך

Hebrew
Root
כ־ר־ך (k-r-k)

Etymology

Derived from Demotic grg. Compare Coptic ϭⲉⲣϭⲏ (cercē).

Noun

כְּרַךְ • (k'rákh) m (plural indefinite כְּרַכִּים, singular construct כְּרַךְ־, plural construct כְּרַכֵּי־)

  1. large city, metropolis
  2. metropolitan area

Synonyms

Noun

כֶּרֶךְ • (kérekh) m

  1. volume (one book in a series of books)

Verb

כָּרַךְ • (karákh) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

  1. to bind (a book)
  2. to tie up, to wrap, to bind

Conjugation
Conjugation of כָּרַךְ (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
  • to-infinitive: לכרוך / לִכְרֹךְ
  • action noun: כְּרִיכָה
  • passive participle: כָּרוּךְ
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first כָּרַכְתִּיכָּרַכְנוּ
second כָּרַכְתָּכָּרַכְתְּכְּרַכְתֶּם1כְּרַכְתֶּן1
third כָּרַךְכָּרְכָהכָּרְכוּ
present כּוֹרֵךְכּוֹרֶכֶתכּוֹרְכִיםכּוֹרְכוֹת
future first אכרוך / אֶכְרֹךְנכרוך / נִכְרֹךְ
second תכרוך / תִּכְרֹךְתִּכְרְכִיתִּכְרְכוּתכרוכנה / תִּכְרֹכְנָה2
third יכרוך / יִכְרֹךְתכרוך / תִּכְרֹךְיִכְרְכוּתכרוכנה / תִּכְרֹכְנָה2
imperative כרוך / כְּרֹךְכִּרְכִיכִּרְכוּכרוכנה / כְּרֹכְנָה2
notes
  1. Pronounced כָּרַכְתֶּם and כָּרַכְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

References
  • Peust, Carsten (2010) Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten (Göttinger Miszellen. Beihefte; 8)‎ (in German), Göttingen, page 43
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