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mishkal

mishkal noun: a constructive morphological pattern, a nonconcatenative morphological pattern/template used to form nouns and adjectives from a consonantal root.

Noun

mishkal (plural mishkals or mishkalim)

  1. (Hebrew) a constructive morphological pattern, a nonconcatenative morphological pattern/template used to form nouns and adjectives from a consonantal root
    • Coordinate term: (verbal morphology) binyan
    • The word melech is in the qetel mishkal.
    Synonyms:
    wazn

Synonyms of mishkal

Forms of mishkal

pluralmishkals
pluralmishkalim
alternative formmishqal

Origin of mishkal

Borrowed from Hebrew מִשְׁקָל (“weight, balance, pattern”).

Questions about mishkal

What does mishkal mean?
Mishkal means a constructive morphological pattern, a nonconcatenative morphological pattern/template used to form nouns and adjectives from a consonantal root.
What part of speech is mishkal?
Mishkal is a noun.
What is the plural of mishkal?
The plural of mishkal is mishkals.

Words near mishkal in the dictionary

  1. mishires
  2. mishiring
  3. mishit
  4. mishits
  5. mishitting
  6. mishkal
  7. Mishkin
  8. Mishkins
  9. Mishler
  10. Mishlers
  11. mishloach manot

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