how to say “long” in Hebrew

 

אָרֹךְ

 

 
The basic Hebrew word for long, when describing a masculine object, is אָרֹךְ  listen and repeat.
 
For example:
 
מִלְחָמָה וְשָׁלוֹם הוּא סֵפֶר אָרֹךְ מְאֹד.
War and Peace is a very long book.
 
When describing something other than a single masculine object, the word changes form a bit, so that one long feminine object is אֲרֻכָּה  listen and repeat, several masculine or mixed-gendered objects are אֲרֻכִּים  listen and repeat and several feminine object are אֲרֻכּוֹת  listen and repeat.
 
For example:
 
טוֹלְסְטוֹי כָּתַב סְפָרִים אֲרֻכִּים מְאֹד.
Tolstoy wrote very long books.

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