מרוץ

Hebrew

Root
ר־ו־ץ (r-w-ts)

Noun

מֵרוֹץ • (meróts) m (plural indefinite מֵרוֹצִים, singular construct מֵרוֹץ־, plural construct מֵרוֹצֵי־)

1. A race: a contest of speed, such as a footrace or a car race; also used figuratively.

   נהג מרוצים ― nahág merotsím ― a race car driver [literally driver of races]

   מרוץ נגד הזמן ― meróts néged haz'mán ― a race against time

2. (מֵרוֹץ־, meróts-) singular construct state form of מֵרוֹץ (meróts)‎.

References

• “מרוץ” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• מרוץ on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he