גְּלוּלָה
Meanings
Feminine noun
1. A tablet, a pill, a capsule, a caplet: a small, solid portion of a drug or drugs to be taken orally.
2. A birth control pill: =גלולה למניעת היריון (g'lulá lim'ni'át-herayón, “pill for the prevention of pregnancy”). (specifically, informal)
Pronunciation
g'lulá
Examples18
אֵיךְ זֶה קָרָה? חָשַׁבְתִּי שֶׁאַתְּ לוֹקַחַת גְּלוּלוֹת.
How could this happen? I thought you were on the pill.
תּוֹם לָקַח שָׁלוֹשׁ גְּלוּלוֹת שֵׁנָה.
Tom took three sleeping pills.
דָּן לָקַח חמש גְּלוּלוֹת שֵׁנָה.
Dan took five sleeping pills.
קַח גְּלוּלָה אַחַת ליוֹם עַד שֶׁהַכֹּל יִגָּמֵר.
Take one tablet a day until all of the medicine is gone.
בִּגְלַל שֶׁלָּקַחְתִּי אֵת הַגְּלוּלוֹת חָלַף הַכְּאֵב.
Because of the pills I took, the pain went away.
כֹּל שֶׁהָרוֹפְאִים המליצו לִי זֶה גְּלוּלוֹת שֵׁנָה.
Doctors have offered me nothing but sleeping pills.