how to say “to type” in Hebrew
לְהַקְלִיד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להקליד-1.mp3″ /]
While you’ll find many Israelis saying לְהַדְפִּיס[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להקליד-2.mp3″ /] (to print) when they mean to type, the proper Hebrew word for to type is the active-causative לְהַקְלִיד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להקליד-1.mp3″ /].
For example:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להקליד-3.mp3″ /]הִיא מַקְלִידָה מַהֵר מְאֹד.
She types very fast.
Though the root of להקליד is the three-letter ק.ל.ד (k.l.d), it is not a Semitic root. להקליד derives from the Aramaic אַקְלִידָא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להקליד-4.mp3″ /] meaning key, which itself derives from the Greek κλειδιον (kleidion) meaning the same.

And a keyboard? That’s a מִקְלֶדֶת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להקליד-5.mp3″ /].