צמח
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Hebrew
[edit]Etymology
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צ־מ־ח (ts-m-kh) |
From the root צ־מ־ח (ts-m-kh).
Pronunciation 1
[edit]- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /t͡saˈmax/
Verb
[edit]צָמַח • (tsamákh) (pa'al construction)
- (Can we clean up(+) this sense?) To sprout, grow; to bring forth
- 2011, סולינה (Sulina; a pseudonym), quoted in ליאת שלזינגר (Liat Schlessinger), “המין השלישי: היציאה מהארון של האינטרסקס” (hamín hash'lishí: hay'tsi'á meha'arón shel ha'ínterseks, “The third sex: The coming out of intersex people”), in nrgמעריב, 2011 May 13:
- אצלי בגיל הזה התחיל לצמוח שיער על החזה.
- etslí bagíl hazé hitkhíl litsmóakh se'ár al hakhazé.
Me at that age, hair started to grow on my chest.
- etslí bagíl hazé hitkhíl litsmóakh se'ár al hakhazé.
- 2011, סולינה (Sulina; a pseudonym), quoted in ליאת שלזינגר (Liat Schlessinger), “המין השלישי: היציאה מהארון של האינטרסקס” (hamín hash'lishí: hay'tsi'á meha'arón shel ha'ínterseks, “The third sex: The coming out of intersex people”), in nrgמעריב, 2011 May 13:
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of צָמַח (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
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finite forms | singular | plural | |||
m. | f. | m. | f. | ||
past | first | צָמַחְתִּי | צָמַחְנוּ | ||
second | צָמַחְתָּ | צָמַחְתְּ | צְמַחְתֶּם1 | צְמַחְתֶּן1 | |
third | צָמַח | צָמְחָה | צָמְחוּ | ||
present | צוֹמֵחַ | צוֹמַחַת | צוֹמְחִים | צוֹמְחוֹת | |
future | first | אֶצְמַח | נִצְמַח | ||
second | תִּצְמַח | תִּצְמְחִי | תִּצְמְחוּ | תִּצְמַחְנָה2 | |
third | יִצְמַח | תִּצְמַח | יִצְמְחוּ | תִּצְמַחְנָה2 | |
imperative | צְמַח | צִמְחִי | צִמְחוּ | צְמַחְנָה2 | |
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Pronunciation 2
[edit]- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈt͡se.max/
- (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈt͡se.maħ/
- (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈsˤeː.mæħ/
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈsˤɛ.maħ/
Noun
[edit]צֶמַח • (tsémakh) m (plural indefinite צְמָחִים, singular construct צֶמַח־, plural construct צִמְחֵי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]
- (botany) plant (an organism of the kingdom Plantae)
- A vegetable: a person in a vegetative state due to brain damage.
Derived terms
[edit]- צִמְחוֹנִי (tsimkhoní, “vegetarian”)
- אוֹכֵל צְמָחִים (okhél tsemakhím, “herbivore”)
Further reading
[edit]- צמח (פירושונים) on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he