צלע

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Hebrew

Etymology 1

Compare Arabic ضِلْع (ḍilʕ).

Noun

צֵלׇע • (tselá) f (plural indefinite צְלָעוֹת)

  1. A rib (as curved), literally (of the body) or figuratively (of a door, that is, leaf); hence a side, literally (of a person) or figuratively (of an object or the sky, that is, quarter); architecturally a timber (especially floor or ceiling) or plank (single or collectively, that is, a flooring): - beam, board, chamber, corner, leaf, plank, rib, side (chamber).
  2. (geometry) an edge

References

Etymology 2

Root
צ־ל־ע (ṣ-l-ʿ)

Verb

צָלַע • (tsalá') third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

  1. to limp
Conjugation
Conjugation of צָלַע (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first צָלַעְתִּי צָלַעְנוּ
second צָלַעְתָּ צָלַעְתְּ צְלַעְתֶּם1 צְלַעְתֶּן1
third צָלַע צָלְעָה צָלְעוּ
present צוֹלֵעַ צוֹלַעַת צוֹלְעִים צוֹלְעוֹת
future first אֶצְלַע נִצְלַע
second תִּצְלַע תִּצְלְעִי תִּצְלְעוּ תִּצְלַעְנָה2
third יִצְלַע תִּצְלַע יִצְלְעוּ תִּצְלַעְנָה2
imperative צְלַע צִלְעִי צִלְעוּ צְלַעְנָה2
notes
  1. Pronounced צָלַעְתֶּם and צָלַעְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.
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