הולך רגל

Hebrew

Etymology

Roots
⁧ה־ל־ך⁩ (h-l-k)
⁧ר־ג־ל⁩ (r-g-l)

From ⁧הוֹלֵךְ־⁩ (holékh-, “walker-of”) + ⁧רֶגֶל⁩ (régel, “foot”).

Noun

⁧הוֹלֵךְ־רֶגֶל⁩ • (holékh-régel) m (plural indefinite ⁧הוֹלְכֵי־רֶגֶל⁩, feminine counterpart ⁧הוֹלֶכֶת־רֶגֶל⁩)

  1. A (male) pedestrian: a person who is walking on foot.
    • 2005, ⁧אסף גברון⁩ (translator), Audrey Niffenegger (English author), “⁧אשתו של הנוסע בזמן⁩” (The Time Traveler’s Wife), Kinneret, Zmora-Bitan, Dvir (publishers), →ISBN, page 272:
      ⁧⁧בנייני האבן האפורים כהים מהגשם והעצים מטפטפים טיפות שמנות וקפואות על הולכי הרגל.⁩⁩
      binyanéi-ha'éven ha'aforím kehím mehagéshem v'ha'etsím m'taft'fím tipót sh'menót k'fu'ót al hol'khéi-harégel.
      The gray stone buildings are dark with rain and the trees drip fat icy drops on passersby.[1]

References

  1. English from: Audrey Niffenegger, The Time Traveler’s Wife, Harcourt (2004), →ISBN, page 310.

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