אָרוּךְ m. (ארך) 1) long, tall, lasting; v. infra. v. infra. —2) (= עָרוּךְ; cmp. אֲרִיךְ) well-arranged, well-balanced, thinker, a title of prominent scholars; cmp. אַרְיוֹךְ a. אֲרִיכָא. [In legend intellectual eminence was identified with physical tallness.] Nidd. 24ᵇ א׳ בדורו arukh (the tallest) in his generation. Kidd. 39ᵇ עולם שכולו א׳ the world in which all is well-balanced (also called שכולו טוב) i.e. the hereafter.—Pl. אֲרוּכִים. Yoma 71ᵃ חיים א׳ long life; a. fr.—Fem. אֲרוּכָה. Ber. I, 4 אחת א׳ one lengthy (benediction); a. fr.—Y. Hor. II, 46ᵈ בא׳ by the long road, slowly; Shebu. 18ᵃ; 18ᵇ.—Pl. אֲרוּכוֹת. Y. Ber. II, 5ᶜ top, a. e. א׳ וקצרות long and short roads, i.e. in all directions. V. next art.