נפטר

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Hebrew

Etymology

Root
פ־ט־ר (p-ṭ-r)

The passive and reflexive counterpart to פָּטַר (patár), from the root פ־ט־ר (p-T-r).

Verb

נִפְטַר • (niftár) third-singular masculine past (nif'al construction, active counterpart פָטַר)

  1. to pass away, to pass on: a polite way to refer to a death by natural causes.
  2. construed with מ־ (mi-) to dispose of, to get rid of
    אני מנסה להיפטר מזה. — aní m'nasé/m'nasá l'hipatér mizé. — I'm trying to get rid of this.

Conjugation

Conjugation of נִפְטַר (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first נִפְטַרְתִּי נִפְטַרְנוּ
second נִפְטַרְתָּ נִפְטַרְתְּ נִפְטַרְתֶּם נִפְטַרְתֶּן
third נִפְטַר נִפְטְרָה נִפְטְרוּ
present נִפְטָר נִפְטֶרֶת נִפְטָרִים נִפְטָרוֹת
future first אֶפָּטֵר ניפטר / נִפָּטֵר
second תיפטר / תִּפָּטֵר תיפטרי / תִּפָּטְרִי תיפטרו / תִּפָּטְרוּ תיפטרנה / תִּפָּטֵרְנָה1
third ייפטר / יִפָּטֵר תיפטר / תִּפָּטֵר ייפטרו / יִפָּטְרוּ תיפטרנה / תִּפָּטֵרְנָה1
imperative היפטר / הִפָּטֵר היפטרי / הִפָּטְרִי היפטרו / הִפָּטְרוּ היפטרנה / הִפָּטֵרְנָה1
notes
  1. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Noun

נִפְטָר • (niftár) m (plural indefinite נִפְטָרִים, feminine counterpart נִפְטֶרֶת)

  1. deceased
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