רץ

Hebrew

Etymology
Root
ר־ו־ץ (r-w-ṣ)

Compare Ge'ez ሮጸ (roṣä, “to run”).

In the chess sense, likely a semantic loan from German Läufer.

Pronunciation
  • (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʁat͡s/
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Verb

רָץ • (rats) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

  1. To run; to move forward quickly on legs.
    הוא רץ מהר. ― hu rats mahér. ― He runs/is running fast.
  2. To run; to go fast, to visit quickly.
    רצתי לחנות. ― rátsti lakhanút. ― I ran to the store.

Conjugation
Conjugation of רָץ (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first רַצְתִּירַצְנוּ
second רַצְתָּרַצְתְּרַצְתֶּםרַצְתֶּן
third רָץרָצָהרָצוּ
present רָץרָצָהרָצִיםרָצוֹת
future first אָרוּץנָרוּץ
second תָּרוּץתָּרוּצִיתָּרוּצוּתרוצנה / תָּרֹצְנָה1
third יָרוּץתָּרוּץיָרוּצוּתרוצנה / תָּרֹצְנָה1
imperative רוּץרוּצִירוּצוּרוצנה / רֹצְנָה1
notes
  1. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

References

Noun

רָץ • (rats) m

  1. A runner: a messenger who runs on foot.
  2. A runner: one who competes in a foot-race.
  3. A stripe, a band.
  4. (chess) bishop

See also
Chess pieces in Hebrew · כְּלֵי שַׁחְמָט (layout · text)
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