הוכיח בשלילה
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Hebrew
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From הוֹכִיחַ (hokhíakh, “to prove”) + בְּ־ (b'-, “in, with”) + שְׁלִילָה (sh'lilá, “falseness, falsehood”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Verb
[edit]הוֹכִיחַ בִּשְׁלִילָה • (hokhíakh bish'lilá) (hif'il construction)
- (mathematics) To prove by contradiction: to prove a statement by assuming its opposite and demonstrating that a contradiction (a false statement) results.
Conjugation
[edit]See conjugation at הוֹכִיחַ (hokhíakh).