התייבש

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
י־ב־שׁ (y-b-sh)
7 terms

From the root י־ב־שׁ (y-b-sh); compare יָבֵשׁ (yavésh, “dry”).

Verb

התייבש / הִתְיַבֵּשׁ • (hityabésh) (hitpa'el construction)

  1. (intransitive) To dry, to dry out: to become dry.
    הבגדים מתייבשים. ― hab'gadím mityabshím. ― The clothes are drying.

Usage notes

  • Unlike English dry, Hebrew הִתְיַבֵּשׁ is specifically used when a person or thing is becoming dry on its own. When one person or thing is drying another, the related transitive verb ייבש / יִבֵּשׁ (yibésh) is used.

Conjugation

Conjugation of הִתְיַבֵּשׁ (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms to-infinitive לְהִתְיַבֵּשׁ
action noun הִתְיַבְּשׁוּת
finite forms singular plural
m f m f
past first הִתְיַבַּשְׁתִּי הִתְיַבַּשְׁנוּ
second הִתְיַבַּשְׁתָּ הִתְיַבַּשְׁתְּ הִתְיַבַּשְׁתֶּם הִתְיַבַּשְׁתֶּן
third הִתְיַבֵּשׁ הִתְיַבְּשָׁה הִתְיַבְּשׁוּ
present מִתְיַבֵּשׁ מִתְיַבֶּשֶׁת מִתְיַבְּשִׁים מִתְיַבְּשׁוֹת
future first אֶתְיַבֵּשׁ נִתְיַבֵּשׁ
second תִּתְיַבֵּשׁ תִּתְיַבְּשִׁי תִּתְיַבְּשׁוּ תִּתְיַבֵּשְׁנָה1
third יִתְיַבֵּשׁ תִּתְיַבֵּשׁ יִתְיַבְּשׁוּ תִּתְיַבֵּשְׁנָה1
imperative הִתְיַבֵּשׁ הִתְיַבְּשִׁי הִתְיַבְּשׁוּ הִתְיַבֵּשְׁנָה1

1 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

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