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.

hebrew-keyboard-layout

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

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