התחפש

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ח־פ־שׂ (kh-p-s)

From the root ח־פ־שׂ (kh-p-s).

Verb

הִתְחַפֵּשׂ • (hitkhapés) (hitpa'el construction)

1. To disguise oneself (as someone), to dress up (as someone), to pretend to be (someone).
   • 2018 June 5, Yair Lapid, tweet:

     […] שרת התרבות מתחפשת לשרת החוץ […]

     […] sarát-hatarbút mitkhapéset l'sarát-hakhúts […]

     […] the minister of culture is dressing up as the foreign minister […]

Conjugation

Conjugation of הִתְחַפֵּשׂ (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 

non-finite forms		to-infinitive: לְהִתְחַפֵּשׂ action noun: הִתְחַפְּשׂוּת
finite forms		singular		plural
		m.	f.	m.	f.
past	first	הִתְחַפַּשְׂתִּי		הִתְחַפַּשְׂנוּ
	second	הִתְחַפַּשְׂתָּ	הִתְחַפַּשְׂתְּ	הִתְחַפַּשְׂתֶּם	הִתְחַפַּשְׂתֶּן
	third	הִתְחַפֵּשׂ	הִתְחַפְּשָׂה	הִתְחַפְּשׂוּ
present		מִתְחַפֵּשׂ	מִתְחַפֶּשֶׂת	מִתְחַפְּשִׂים	מִתְחַפְּשׂוֹת
future	first	אֶתְחַפֵּשׂ		נִתְחַפֵּשׂ
	second	תִּתְחַפֵּשׂ	תִּתְחַפְּשִׂי	תִּתְחַפְּשׂוּ	תִּתְחַפֵּשְׂנָה1
	third	יִתְחַפֵּשׂ	תִּתְחַפֵּשׂ	יִתְחַפְּשׂוּ	תִּתְחַפֵּשְׂנָה1
imperative		הִתְחַפֵּשׂ	הִתְחַפְּשִׂי	הִתְחַפְּשׂוּ	הִתְחַפֵּשְׂנָה1
notes		Rare in Modern Hebrew.