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שורש

עברית

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שורש¹

  • /ˈʃoʁeʃ/ Modern Israeli
  • [ˈʃoː.ʀ̟ɛʃ]
  • /ʃurʃ/

Where it comes from

From Proto-Semitic *šurš-.

noun שֹׁרֶשׁ · shóresh · šóreš · שורשים · שׇׁרָשִׁים · שָׁרָשִׁים (sharashím)

  1. masculine root (the part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction)
  2. broadly, masculine root (i.e. source, basis)
  3. broadly, masculine root (e.g., a triliteral root) of a Semitic word
  4. broadly, masculine root (e.g., square root)

שורש²

  • /ʃoˈʁaʃ/ Modern Israeli

verb שֹׁרַשׁ · shorásh · šoráš · שירש · שֵׁרֵשׁ · -

  1. construction pu'al to be rooted out אֶזְרְעָה וְאַחֵר יֹאכֵל וְצֶאֱצָאַי יְשֹׁרָשׁוּ׃

In English

  • root arithmetic: number or expression which when raised to a power gives the specifie

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"שורש." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%A9. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

APA

שורש. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%A9

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"שורש." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%A9.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {שורש},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%A9},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}