Monday, May 28, 2012

Which is the proper way to spell survivor in Hebrew when talking about Breast cancer


Which is the proper way to spell survivor in Hebrew when talking about Breast cancer?
SURVIVOR שורדת (fem.) ; שורד (masc.) There are two ways. I was told to use the masc form as the other form refers to the holocaust. I am looking for the word survivor with Breast cancer. Any help would be great.
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1 :
No, that's not how it works. The feminine form is used to describe a female, and the masculine form is used to describe a male.
2 :
If the survivor is a man it should be שורד (sored), if the survivor is a woman it should be שורדת (soredet). When we talk about surviving cancer we usually use the term ניצח (overcome, defeat- masculine singular past), or ניצחה (feminine singular past). A holocaust survivor is always ניצול (nitzol- masc.), ניצולה (nitzola- fem.).
3 :
Obviously when taliking anout berast cancer the feminine form is the one you need. שורדת is usually used to characterize someone who is a survivor in nature. She can survive everything because she is a שורדת. When someone survived breast cancer, we usually say היא שרדה את סרטן השד - she survived the breast cancer, or better yet, as someone suggested היא ניצחה את סרטן השד (won over) or היא התגברה על סרטן השד (came through).



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