טס

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
ט־ו־ס (ṭ-w-s)
2 terms

Pronunciation

  • (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /tas/
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Verb

טָס • (tas) (pa'al construction)

  1. to fly (travel through the air on, or as, an airplane or the like, not by one's own power)
  2. (colloquial) to zoom (move rapidly)
Conjugation
Conjugation of טָס (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms to-infinitive לָטוּס
action noun טִיסָה
finite forms singular plural
m f m f
past first טַסְתִּי טַסְנוּ
second טַסְתָּ טַסְתְּ טַסְתֶּם טַסְתֶּן
third טָס טָסָה טָסוּ
present טָס טָסָה טָסִים טָסוֹת
future first אָטוּס נָטוּס
second תָּטוּס תָּטוּסִי תָּטוּסוּ תטוסנה / תָּטֹסְנָה1
third יָטוּס תָּטוּס יָטוּסוּ תטוסנה / תָּטֹסְנָה1
imperative טוּס טוּסִי טוּסוּ טוסנה / טֹסְנָה1

1 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

See also

  • עָף (af) (to fly by one's own power, as a bird)

References

  • Klein, Ernest (1987) “טוס”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 241b

Etymology 2

Root
ט־ס־ס (ṭ-s-s)
1 term

Noun

טַס • (tasm (plural indefinite טַסִּים, singular construct טַס־)

  1. tray, platter

References

  • טס” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading