גשר

Aramaic

Verb

גשר • (transliteration needed)

  1. to bridge (over)
  2. to build a bridge

Hebrew

Etymology
Root
ג־שׁ־ר (g-š-r)

From Akkadian 𒄀𒅆𒅕𒊑 (/⁠gišru⁠/, “bridge”), as also Aramaic גשרא (gišrā, “bridge”) / ܓܫܪܐ (gešrā, “bridge”) and by its mediation Arabic جِسْر (jisr, “bridge”).

Pronunciation
  • (file)

Noun

גֶּשֶׁר • (géšer) m [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. bridge

Hyponyms

Verb

גָּשַׁר • (gāšár) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

  1. to construct a bridge

Conjugation
Conjugation of גָּשַׁר (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
  • to-infinitive: לגשור / לִגְשֹׁר
  • action noun: —
  • passive participle: גָּשׁוּר
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first גָּשַׁרְתִּיגָּשַׁרְנוּ
second גָּשַׁרְתָּגָּשַׁרְתְּגְּשַׁרְתֶּם1גְּשַׁרְתֶּן1
third גָּשַׁרגָּשְׁרָהגָּשְׁרוּ
present גּוֹשֵׁרגּוֹשֶׁרֶתגּוֹשְׁרִיםגּוֹשְׁרוֹת
future first אגשור / אֶגְשֹׁרנגשור / נִגְשֹׁר
second תגשור / תִּגְשֹׁרתִּגְשְׁרִיתִּגְשְׁרוּתגשורנה / תִּגְשֹׁרְנָה2
third יגשור / יִגְשֹׁרתגשור / תִּגְשֹׁריִגְשְׁרוּתגשורנה / תִּגְשֹׁרְנָה2
imperative גשור / גְּשֹׁרגִּשְׁרִיגִּשְׁרוּגשורנה / גְּשֹׁרְנָה2
notes
  1. Pronounced גָּשַׁרְתֶּם and גָּשַׁרְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Anagrams
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.