how to say “reddish” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אדמדם-1.m4a” /]אֲדַמְדַּם

If you’ve got a bit of Hebrew under your belt, you likely know the word for red – אדום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אדמדם-2.m4a” /].

For example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אדמדם-3.m4a” /]לבית הזה יש דלת אדומה.

This house has a red door.

But what if you want to describe something not quite red, but rather reddish? That’s אדמדם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אדמדם-1.m4a” /].

For example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אדמדם-4.m4a” /]איזה חתול חמוד אדמדם!

What a cute reddish cat!

Other colors follow a similar pattern:

ירקרק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אדמדם-5.m4a” /] – greenish

כחלחל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אדמדם-6.m4a” /] – bluish

צהבהב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אדמדם-7.m4a” /] – yellowish

שחרחר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אדמדם-8.m4a” /] – blackish

etc.

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