כאב

Hebrew

Root
כ־א־ב (k-ʾ-b)
5 terms

Etymology

Compare Aramaic כֵּאבָא/כֵּיבָא (kēḇā), Arabic كَئِبَ (kaʔiba, to be depressed, to be sad), Maltese kiebi (lachrymose, sad, melancholy).

Noun

כְּאֵב • (ke'évm (plural indefinite כְּאֵבִים)

  1. (countable and uncountable) pain

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Verb

כָּאַב • (ka'áv) (pa'al construction)

  1. to hurt, ache

Conjugation

Conjugation of כָּאַב (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms to-infinitive לכאוב / לִכְאֹב
action noun
passive participle כָּאוּב
finite forms singular plural
m f m f
past first כָּאַבְתִּי כָּאַבְנוּ
second כָּאַבְתָּ כָּאַבְתְּ כְּאַבְתֶּם1 כְּאַבְתֶּן1
third כָּאַב כָּאֲבָה כָּאֲבוּ
present כּוֹאֵב כּוֹאֶבֶת כּוֹאֲבִים כּוֹאֲבוֹת
future first אֶכְאַב נִכְאַב
second תִּכְאַב תִּכְאֲבִי תִּכְאֲבוּ תִּכְאַבְנָה2
third יִכְאַב תִּכְאַב יִכְאֲבוּ תִּכְאַבְנָה2
imperative כְּאַב כַּאֲבִי כַּאֲבוּ כְּאַבְנָה2

1 Pronounced כָּאַבְתֶּם and כָּאַבְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
2 Rare in Modern Hebrew.