עִקָּר
Meanings
Masculine noun
1. essence, main part, gist, crux
2. most (of)
3. principle
4. the most important thing (definite, slang)
Pronunciation
ikár
Examples23
זֶה לֹא מַמָּשׁ עִקָּרוֹ שֶׁל הָעִנְיָן.
That isn't really the point.
וַעֲדַיִן לֹא רְאִיתֶם אֵת הָעִקָּר.
And you ain’t seen nothin’ yet.
הָעִקָּר הוּא ההשתתפות.
The important thing is to participate.
אֲנִי לֹא יוֹדֵעַ אֵיךְ עָשִׂיתִי אֵת זֶה, הָעִקָּר שֶׁעָשִׂיתִי אֵת זֶה.
I don't know how I did it. The important thing is that I did it.
אֵינֶנִּי אוֹהֵב אֵיךְ שֶׁזֶּה נִשְׁמַע כְּלָל וְעִקָּר.
I don't like the sound of that one bit.
במה עִקָּר בקיאותך?
What's your specialty?