כאב
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Hebrew
| Root |
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| כ־א־ב (k-ʾ-b) |
Etymology
Compare Aramaic כֵּאבָא/כֵּיבָא (kēḇā), Arabic كَئِبَ (kaʔiba, “to be depressed, to be sad”), Maltese kiebi (“lachrymose, sad, melancholy”).
Noun
כְּאֵב • (ke'év) m (plural indefinite כְּאֵבִים)
Derived terms
- כְּאֵב לֵב (k'ev lév)
- כְּאֵב רֹאשׁ (ke'év rosh, “headache”)
References
Further reading
כאב on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
Verb
כָּאַב • (ka'áv) (pa'al construction)
Conjugation
Conjugation of כָּאַב (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
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| m. | f. | m. | f. | ||
| past | first | כָּאַבְתִּי | כָּאַבְנוּ | ||
| second | כָּאַבְתָּ | כָּאַבְתְּ | כְּאַבְתֶּם1 | כְּאַבְתֶּן1 | |
| third | כָּאַב | כָּאֲבָה | כָּאֲבוּ | ||
| present | כּוֹאֵב | כּוֹאֶבֶת | כּוֹאֲבִים | כּוֹאֲבוֹת | |
| future | first | אֶכְאַב | נִכְאַב | ||
| second | תִּכְאַב | תִּכְאֲבִי | תִּכְאֲבוּ | תִּכְאַבְנָה2 | |
| third | יִכְאַב | תִּכְאַב | יִכְאֲבוּ | תִּכְאַבְנָה2 | |
| imperative | כְּאַב | כַּאֲבִי | כַּאֲבוּ | כְּאַבְנָה2 | |
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