how to say “gender” in Hebrew
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We’ve seen the Hebrew root ג.ד.ר used in its original sense to mean fence – גָּדֵר (gah-DEHR), as well as in a modern application to mean definition or computer setting – הַגְדָּרָה (hahg-dah-RAH).
Another modern application of this Biblical root is the word for gender – מִגְדָּר (meeg-DAHR), since gender places a person into one of two defined or fenced-in denominations.
To use gender as an adjective, you’d say מִגְדָּרִי (meeg-dah-REE) in the masculine and מִגְדָּרִית (meeg-dah-REET) in the feminine.
A couple of examples:
שִׁוְיוֹן מגדרי
gender equality
(sheev-YOHN meeg-dah-REE)
נִתּוּחַ מגדרי
gender analysis
(nee-TOO-ahkh meeg-dah-REE)
זֶהוּת מגדרית
gender identity
(zeh-HOOT meeg-dah-REET)
Gender in the grammatical sense is מִין (meen).
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