צען

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
צ־ע־ן (ts-ʿ-n)
2 terms

Related to Aramaic טְעַן (ṭəʿan) and Arabic ظَعَنَ (ẓaʕana).

Pronunciation

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Verb

צָעַן • (tsa'án) (pa'al construction)

1. to wander

Conjugation

Conjugation of צָעַן (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)

non-finite forms		to-infinitive		לצעון / לִצְעֹן
		action noun		—
		passive participle		—
finite forms		singular		plural
		m	f	m	f
past	first	צָעַנְתִּי		צָעַנּוּ
	second	צָעַנְתָּ	צָעַנְתְּ	צְעַנְתֶּם1	צְעַנְתֶּן1
	third	צָעַן	צָעֲנָה	צָעֲנוּ
present		צוֹעֵן	צוֹעֶנֶת	צוֹעֲנִים	צוֹעֲנוֹת
future	first	אֶצְעַן		נִצְעַן
	second	תִּצְעַן	תִּצְעֲנִי	תִּצְעֲנוּ	תִּצְעַנָּה2
	third	יִצְעַן	תִּצְעַן	יִצְעֲנוּ	תִּצְעַנָּה2
imperative		צְעַן	צַעֲנִי	צַעֲנוּ	צְעַנָּה2

¹ Pronounced צָעַנְתֶּם and צָעַנְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
² Rare in Modern Hebrew.

References

• H6813 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Yiddish

Yiddish numbers ^(edit)

		100
←  1	←  9	10	11  →	20  →
		1
Cardinal: צען (tsen)     Ordinal: צענט (tsent)     Fractional: צענטל (tsentl)

Etymology

From Middle High German zehen, from Old High German zehan, from Proto-West Germanic *tehun, from Proto-Germanic *tehun, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ (“ten”).

Pronunciation

• (YIVO, Northeastern) IPA^(key): /t͡sɛn/
• (Netherlandic) IPA^(key): /t͡seːn/
• (Poylish) IPA^(key): /t͡seːn/, /t͡seɪ̯n/
• (Ukrainish) IPA^(key): /t͡sɛɪ̯n/, /t͡sin/

Numeral

צען • (tsen)

1. ten

Derived terms

• צענט (tsent)
• צענטל (tsentl)
• צענער (tsener)
• צענערלינג (tsenerling)