זנח

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ז־נ־ח (z-n-kh)
4 terms

Compare Arabic نَزَحَ (nazaḥa).

Verb

זָנַח • (zanákh) (pa'al construction)

  1. to abandon, to desert, to leave
    • 1938, Nathan Alterman, Still the Tune Returns 1–2:
      עוד חוזר הניגון שזנחת לשווא \ והדרך עודנה נפקחת לאורך
      od khozér hanigún shezanakhtá lasháv / vehadérekh odéna nifkakhát la'órekh
      Still the tune returns, which you abandoned in vain / and the way still opens throughout

Conjugation

Conjugation of זָנַח (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms to-infinitive לזנוח / לִזְנֹחַ
action noun זְנִיחָה
passive participle זָנוּחַ
finite forms singular plural
m f m f
past first זָנַחְתִּי זָנַחְנוּ
second זָנַחְתָּ זָנַחְתְּ זְנַחְתֶּם1 זְנַחְתֶּן1
third זָנַח זָנְחָה זָנְחוּ
present זוֹנֵחַ זוֹנַחַת זוֹנְחִים זוֹנְחוֹת
future first אֶזְנַח נִזְנַח
second תִּזְנַח תִּזְנְחִי תִּזְנְחוּ תִּזְנַחְנָה2
third יִזְנַח תִּזְנַח יִזְנְחוּ תִּזְנַחְנָה2
imperative זְנַח זִנְחִי זִנְחוּ זְנַחְנָה2

1 Pronounced זָנַחְתֶּם and זָנַחְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
2 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

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