how to say “populated” in Hebrew

 

מְאֻכְלָס

 

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

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