how to say “thighs” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ירכיים-#.m4a” /]יְרֵכַיִים

A single thigh is a ירך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ירכיים-#.m4a” /], while a pair or more are ירכיים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ירכיים-#.m4a” /].

For example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ירכיים-#.m4a” /]עשיתי סקוואט ועכשיו כואבות לי הירכיים.

I did squat(s) and now my thighs hurt.

Like most body parts that come in pairs, ירכיים gets the dual יים-[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ירכיים-#.m4a” /] ending, and is feminine in grammatical gender. That’s why in the example above, hurt is כואבות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ירכיים-#.m4a” /], not כואבים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ירכיים-#.m4a” /].