"סגול" meaning in Hebrew

See סגול in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: סָגֹל [canonical], sagól [romanization], סגולה [feminine], סְגֻלָּה [feminine], סגולים [masculine, plural], סְגֻלִּים [masculine, plural], סגולות [feminine, plural], סְגֻלּוֹת [feminine, plural]
Etymology: From סֶגֶל (ségel, “violet (flower)”). Head templates: {{he-adj-auto|dwv=סָגֹל|pat=קָטֹל|stemdwv=סְגֻלּ|tr=sagól}} סגול / סָגֹל • (sagól) (feminine סגולה / סְגֻלָּה, masculine plural סגולים / סְגֻלִּים, feminine plural סגולות / סְגֻלּוֹת) [pattern: קָטֹל]
  1. violet, purple Derived forms: סְגַלְגַּל
    Sense id: en-סגול-he-adj-8Kxwek4u Related terms: לָבָן (laván), אפור (afór), אָפֹר (afór), שחור (shakhór), שָׁחֹר (shakhór), אדום (adóm), אָדֹם (adóm), אַרְגָּמָן (argamán), כתום (katóm), כָּתֹם (katóm), חוּם (khúm), צהוב (tsahóv), צָהֹב (tsahóv), קְרֶם (krém), לַיְם (láym), ליים (láym), ירוק (yarók), יָרֹק (yarók), צִיאָן (tsi'án), תְּכֵלֶת (t'khélet), כחול (kakhól), כָּחֹל (kakhól), סגול (sagól), סָגֹל (sagól), אִינְדִּיגוֹ (índigo), מָגֶ׳נְטָה (majénta), ורוד (varód), וָרֹד (varód)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Forms: סֶגוֹל [canonical], segól [romanization], סֶגוֹלִים [indefinite, plural], סְגוֹל [alternative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Aramaic סְגוֹלָא / ܣܓܘܿܠܵܐ (sḡōlā, “cluster”), due to its graphic shape thought to resemble grapes. Accordingly, in the earliest Hebrew-language Masoretic treatises with shva on the samekh. Doublet of אֶשְׁכּוֹל (eshkól). Etymology templates: {{bor+|he|arc|סְגוֹלָא}} Borrowed from Aramaic סְגוֹלָא, {{doublet|he|אֶשְׁכּוֹל|tr1=eshkól}} Doublet of אֶשְׁכּוֹל (eshkól) Head templates: {{he-noun|g=m|pl=סֶגוֹלִים|tr=segól|wv=סֶגוֹל}} סֶגוֹל • (segól) m (plural indefinite סֶגוֹלִים)
  1. segol (a Hebrew niqqud diacritical mark (ִ◌ֶ) in the form of three dots arranged as an upside-down triangle, pronounced in Modern Hebrew as /e/) Derived forms: חֲטַף סֶגוֹל (khatáf segól) (english: hataf segol) [masculine]
    Sense id: en-סגול-he-noun--YPRCb8e Categories (other): Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters, Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks, Hebrew terms in the pattern קָטֹל, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Colors, Diacritical marks Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 2 98 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters: 2 98 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks: 2 98 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms in the pattern קָטֹל: 2 98 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 95 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 95 Disambiguation of Colors: 33 67 Disambiguation of Diacritical marks: 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "niqqud",
          "niqqud"
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          "diacritical mark",
          "diacritical mark"
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    }
  ],
  "word": "סגול"
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      "form": "סגולה",
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          "word": "אפור"
        },
        {
          "roman": "afór",
          "word": "אָפֹר"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shakhór",
          "word": "שחור"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shakhór",
          "word": "שָׁחֹר"
        },
        {
          "roman": "adóm",
          "word": "אדום"
        },
        {
          "roman": "adóm",
          "word": "אָדֹם"
        },
        {
          "roman": "argamán",
          "word": "אַרְגָּמָן"
        },
        {
          "roman": "katóm",
          "word": "כתום"
        },
        {
          "roman": "katóm",
          "word": "כָּתֹם"
        },
        {
          "roman": "khúm",
          "word": "חוּם"
        },
        {
          "roman": "tsahóv",
          "word": "צהוב"
        },
        {
          "roman": "tsahóv",
          "word": "צָהֹב"
        },
        {
          "roman": "krém",
          "word": "קְרֶם"
        },
        {
          "roman": "láym",
          "word": "לַיְם"
        },
        {
          "roman": "láym",
          "word": "ליים"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yarók",
          "word": "ירוק"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yarók",
          "word": "יָרֹק"
        },
        {
          "roman": "tsi'án",
          "word": "צִיאָן"
        },
        {
          "roman": "t'khélet",
          "word": "תְּכֵלֶת"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kakhól",
          "word": "כחול"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kakhól",
          "word": "כָּחֹל"
        },
        {
          "roman": "sagól",
          "word": "סגול"
        },
        {
          "roman": "sagól",
          "word": "סָגֹל"
        },
        {
          "roman": "índigo",
          "word": "אִינְדִּיגוֹ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "majénta",
          "word": "מָגֶ׳נְטָה"
        },
        {
          "roman": "varód",
          "word": "ורוד"
        },
        {
          "roman": "varód",
          "word": "וָרֹד"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "סגול"
}
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    },
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      "roman": "afór",
      "word": "אפור"
    },
    {
      "roman": "afór",
      "word": "אָפֹר"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shakhór",
      "word": "שחור"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shakhór",
      "word": "שָׁחֹר"
    },
    {
      "roman": "adóm",
      "word": "אדום"
    },
    {
      "roman": "adóm",
      "word": "אָדֹם"
    },
    {
      "roman": "argamán",
      "word": "אַרְגָּמָן"
    },
    {
      "roman": "katóm",
      "word": "כתום"
    },
    {
      "roman": "katóm",
      "word": "כָּתֹם"
    },
    {
      "roman": "khúm",
      "word": "חוּם"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tsahóv",
      "word": "צהוב"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tsahóv",
      "word": "צָהֹב"
    },
    {
      "roman": "krém",
      "word": "קְרֶם"
    },
    {
      "roman": "láym",
      "word": "לַיְם"
    },
    {
      "roman": "láym",
      "word": "ליים"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yarók",
      "word": "ירוק"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yarók",
      "word": "יָרֹק"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tsi'án",
      "word": "צִיאָן"
    },
    {
      "roman": "t'khélet",
      "word": "תְּכֵלֶת"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kakhól",
      "word": "כחול"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kakhól",
      "word": "כָּחֹל"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sagól",
      "word": "סגול"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sagól",
      "word": "סָגֹל"
    },
    {
      "roman": "índigo",
      "word": "אִינְדִּיגוֹ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "majénta",
      "word": "מָגֶ׳נְטָה"
    },
    {
      "roman": "varód",
      "word": "ורוד"
    },
    {
      "roman": "varód",
      "word": "וָרֹד"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "violet, purple"
      ],
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          "violet",
          "violet"
        ],
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          "purple",
          "purple"
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      ]
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  "word": "סגול"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Hebrew dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-05-16 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-05-01 using wiktextract (142890b and 1d3fdbf). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.