how to say “populated” in Hebrew

 

מְאֻכְלָס
 

 

 
Population in Hebrew is אֻכְלוּסִיָּה  , derived from the Greek word for masses.
 
Populated or inhabited is מְאֻכְלָס  , as in:
 
הָאִי הַהוּא אֵינוֹ מְאֻכְלָס.
That island is not inhabited.
 
 
A synonym for inhabited is מְיֻשָּׁב  .
 
מאוכלס is an adjective derived from the passive-intensive verb form, so that the act of populating or population is אִכְלוּס  . The applies to both humans and and objects being “populated,” such as אִכְלוּס אֶלֶקְטְרוֹנִים   electron population.

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