נְגִיף
Meanings
Masculine noun
1. virus (a submicroscopic, non-cellular structure that consists of a core of DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat, that requires a living host cell to replicate, and that sometimes causes disease in the host organism (such agents are often classed as nonliving infectious particles and less often as microorganisms))
Pronunciation
n'gíf
Examples6
טום לֹא בָּטוּחַ אִם למרי יֵשׁ אֵת הַנְּגִיף.
Tom isn't sure whether Mary has the virus.
זֶה כַּנִּרְאֶה נְגִיף.
It's probably a virus.
עטו מַסֵּכָה כְּדֵי לִמְנֹעַ הידבקות בנְגִיף הַקוֹרוֹנָה.
Wear a mask to avoid being infected with COVID-19.
הַנְּגִיף הֲכִי נוֹרָא הוּא הַקָּפִּיטָלִיזְם.
The worst virus is capitalism.
הַנְּגִיף הַנוֹרָא בְּיוֹתֵר הוּא הַקָּפִּיטָלִיזְם.
The worst virus is capitalism.
הַמַּצָּב הַחָדָשׁ מקשה עַל מֶמְשֶׁלֶת הֹדּוּ במַאֲבָקָהּ בהִתְפַּשְּׁטוּת נְגִיף הָאֵיְדְּס.
The new situation makes it harder for the Indian government to combat the spread of the AIDS virus.