how to say “discrimination” in Hebrew

אַפְלָיָה
 
Hebrew roots that begin in פ.ל (p.l) and פ.ר (p.r), as a rule, have something to do with separation.
 
The root פ.ל.ה (p.l.h) is one of those roots, and it appears most notably in the word for discriminationאַפְלָיָה  listen and repeat(sometimes spelled and pronounced הַפְלָיָה  listen and repeat).
 
For example:
 
דַּי לָאֲפְלָיָה בְּבָתֵּי הַסֵּפֶר!
Enough with discrimination in schools!
 
אפליה comes from the active-causative verb לְהַפְלוֹת  to discriminate.

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