רץ

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ר־ו־ץ (r-w-ts)
5 terms

Compare Ge'ez ሮጸ (roṣä, to run).

In the chess sense, likely a semantic loan from German Läufer.

Pronunciation

  • (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʁat͡s/
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Verb

רָץ • (rats) (pa'al construction)

  1. To run; to move forward quickly on legs.
    הוא רץ מהר.hu rats mahér.He runs/is running fast.
  2. To run; to go fast, to visit quickly.
    רצתי לחנות.rátsti lakhanút.I ran to the store.

Conjugation

Conjugation of רָץ (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms to-infinitive לָרוּץ
action noun רִיצָה
finite forms singular plural
m f m f
past first רַצְתִּי רַצְנוּ
second רַצְתָּ רַצְתְּ רַצְתֶּם רַצְתֶּן
third רָץ רָצָה רָצוּ
present רָץ רָצָה רָצִים רָצוֹת
future first אָרוּץ נָרוּץ
second תָּרוּץ תָּרוּצִי תָּרוּצוּ תרוצנה / תָּרֹצְנָה1
third יָרוּץ תָּרוּץ יָרוּצוּ תרוצנה / תָּרֹצְנָה1
imperative רוּץ רוּצִי רוּצוּ רוצנה / רֹצְנָה1

1 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

References

Noun

רָץ • (ratsm

  1. A runner: a messenger who runs on foot.
  2. A runner: one who competes in a foot-race.
  3. A stripe, a band.
  4. (chess) bishop

See also

Chess pieces in Hebrew · כְּלֵי שַׁחְמָט (layout · text)
מֶלֶךְ מַלְכָּה צְרִיחַ רָץ פָּרָשׁ רַגְלִי