רחל
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Hebrew
[edit]Etymology
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ר־ח־ל (r-kh-l) |
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From Proto-Semitic *raḫil- (“ewe”). Cognate with Aramaic רַחְלָא (raḥlā) (absolutive: רְחֵל (rəḥēl)), Arabic رَخِل (raḵil) (also رِخْل (riḵl)).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /raːˈχil/ → /raːˈħil/
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /rɔːˈħeːl/ [ʀɔˑˈħeː.el]
- (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA(key): /rɔˈħel/ [rɔ(ː)ˈħeːl]
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʁ̞aˈχel/
Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]רָחֵל • (rakhél) f (plural indefinite רְחֵלִים or רְחֵלוֹת, masculine counterpart אַיִל)
Proper noun
[edit]רָחֵל • (rakhél) f
- (biblical) Rachel
- a female given name, equivalent to English Rachel
Descendants
[edit]- → German: Rahel
- → Ancient Greek: Ῥαχήλ (Rhakhḗl)
- → Old Armenian: Ռաքէլ (Ṙakʻēl)
- → Armenian: Ռաքել (Ṙakʻel)
- → Late Latin: Rachel
- → English: Rachel
- → Danish: Rakel
- → Greenlandic: Alaakkilli
- → Dutch: Rachel
- → Esperanto: Raĥel
- → Estonian: Raahel
- → Finnish: Raakel
- → French: Rachel
- → Galician: Raquel
- → German: Rachel
- → Hungarian: Ráchel
- → Icelandic: Rakel
- → Italian: Rachele
- → Lithuanian: Rachelė
- → Norman: Râché
- → Norwegian: Rakel
- → Polish: Rachela
- → Portuguese: Raquel
- → Japanese: ラケル (Rakeru)
- → Spanish: Raquel
- → Swedish: Rakel
- → Russian: Рахи́ль (Raxílʹ)
- → Old Armenian: Ռաքէլ (Ṙakʻēl)
- → Hawaiian: Rāhela, Lāhela
- → Maori: Rāhera
- → Yiddish: רחל (Rokhl)
References
[edit]- Kogan, Leonid (2011) “Proto-Semitic Lexicon”, in Weninger, Stefan, editor, The Semitic Languages. An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft – Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science; 36), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 205
- “רחל” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
[edit]- רחל on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
Yiddish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Hebrew רָחֵל (rakhél). Doublet of רייטשעל (reytshel).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (YIVO, Northeastern) IPA(key): /ˈrɔχl̩/
- (Poylish) IPA(key): /ˈruːχl̩/
- (Ukrainish) IPA(key): /ˈruχl̩/
Audio (Northeastern): (file) Audio (Poylish): (file)
Proper noun
[edit]רחל • (rokhl) f
- (biblical) Rachel
- a female given name, equivalent to English Rachel
Categories:
- Hebrew terms belonging to the root ר־ח־ל
- Hebrew terms inherited from Proto-Semitic
- Hebrew terms derived from Proto-Semitic
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- Hebrew feminine nouns with plurals ending in ־ים
- Hebrew feminine nouns
- Hebrew proper nouns
- he:Biblical characters
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- Hebrew nouns with irregular gender counterpart
- he:Sheep
- he:Female animals
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