דחה

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ד־ח־ה (d-kh-h)
2 terms

Compare with Arabic دَحَا (daḥā) and Classical Syriac ܕܚܐ (dəḥā, “to push away”).

Verb

דָּחָה • (dakhá) (pa'al construction, passive counterpart נִדְחָה)

to push away, push aside
- Tanach, Psalms 118:13, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
  דַּחֹה דְחִיתַנִי לִנְפֹּל וַ יהוָה עֲזָרָנִי׃
  dakhó d'khitáni linpól vaYHVH 'azaráni.
  daḥō ḏəḥīṯánī linpōl waYHWH ʿăzārā́nī.
  Thou didst thrust sore at me that I might fall; but the LORD helped me.
to decline, refuse, reject
to postpone, put off, defer
to disgust, repulse, repel
(physics) to displace
(medicine) to reject

Conjugation

Conjugation of **דָּחָה** (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
finite forms		singular		plural
non-finite forms		to-infinitive		לִדְחוֹת
		action noun		דְּחִיָּה
		passive participle		דָּחוּי

finite forms		m	f	m	f
past	first	דָּחִיתִי		דָּחִינוּ
	second	דָּחִיתָ	דָּחִית	דְּחִיתֶם¹	דְּחִיתֶן¹
	third	דָּחָה	דָּחֲתָה	דָּחוּ
present		דּוֹחֶה	דּוֹחָה	דּוֹחִים	דּוֹחוֹת
future	first	אֶדְחֶה		נִדְחֶה
	second	תִּדְחֶה	תִּדְחִי	תִּדְחוּ	תִּדְחֶינָה²
	third	יִדְחֶה	תִּדְחֶה	יִדְחוּ	תִּדְחֶינָה²
imperative		דְּחֵה	דְּחִי	דְּחוּ	דְּחֶינָה²

¹ Pronounced דָּחִיתֶם and דָּחִיתֶן in informal Modern Hebrew.
² Rare in Modern Hebrew.