"חושך" meaning in All languages combined

See חושך on Wiktionary

Noun [Hebrew]

IPA: /ˈχo.ʃeχ/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew] Audio: LL-Q9288 (heb)-YaronSh-חושך.wav Forms: חֹשֶׁךְ [canonical], khóshekh [romanization]
Head templates: {{he-noun|dwv=חֹשֶׁךְ|g=m|pat=קֹטֶל|tr=khóshekh}} חושך / חֹשֶׁךְ • (khóshekh) m [pattern: קֹטֶל]
  1. darkness Synonyms: עֲלָטָה [literary]
    Sense id: en-חושך-he-noun-FCcr02HJ Categories (other): Hebrew terms belonging to the root ח־שׁ־ך, Hebrew terms in the pattern קֹטֶל Disambiguation of Hebrew terms belonging to the root ח־שׁ־ך: 32 68 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms in the pattern קֹטֶל: 32 68
  2. evil, forces of darkness
    Sense id: en-חושך-he-noun-KUfjPkDz Categories (other): Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters, Hebrew terms belonging to the root ח־שׁ־ך, Hebrew terms in the pattern קֹטֶל Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters: 24 76 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms belonging to the root ח־שׁ־ך: 32 68 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms in the pattern קֹטֶל: 32 68
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: הרי החושך

Noun [Yiddish]

Forms: khoyshekh [romanization]
Etymology: From Hebrew חושך / חֹשֶׁךְ. Etymology templates: {{bor|yi|he|-}} Hebrew, {{he-m|חושך|dwv=חֹשֶׁךְ}} חושך / חֹשֶׁךְ, {{root|yi|he|ח־שׁ־ך}} Head templates: {{head|yi|noun|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr=khoyshekh}} חושך • (khoyshekh) m, {{yi-noun|g=m|tr=khoyshekh}} חושך • (khoyshekh) m
  1. darkness
    Sense id: en-חושך-yi-noun-FCcr02HJ
  2. gloom
    Sense id: en-חושך-yi-noun-kQroJYAA Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Yiddish entries with incorrect language header, Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 14 26 14 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 26 14 46 Disambiguation of Yiddish entries with incorrect language header: 10 90 Disambiguation of Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: פֿינצטערניש (fintsternish)

Alternative forms

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