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Hebrew
Etymology
Action noun of the verb נָטָה (natá), from the root נ־ט־ה (n-t-h).
Noun
נטייה / נְטִיָּה • (n'tiyá) f (plural indefinite נְטִיּוֹת, singular construct נטיית / נְטִיַּת־, plural construct נְטִיּוֹת־)
- A tendency, an inclination.
- נטייה מינית — n'tiyá minít — sexual preference
- יש להם נטייה להסכים לכל בקשה. — yésh lahém n'tiyá l'haskím l'khól bakashá. — They have a tendency to agree to every request.
- (grammar, uncountable) inflection (a change in the form of a word (morphologic change) to express different grammatical categories)
Derived terms
References
- “נטייה” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
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