כעס

See also: כּעס

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
כ־ע־ס (k-ʿ-s)
2 terms

Pronunciation

  • (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈka(ʔ)as/
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Noun

כַּעַס • (ká'asm (plural indefinite כְּעָסִים) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. (chiefly uncountable) Anger.

Derived terms

Verb

כָּעַס • (ka'ás) (pa'al construction)

  1. (intransitive) To be angry. [with עַל]
    למה את כועסת?láma at ko'éset?Why are you angry (feminine)?
    למה אתה כועס עלי?láma atá ko'és aláy?Why are you angry (masculine) at me?
  2. (intransitive) To get angry, to become angry, to anger.

Conjugation

Conjugation of כָּעַס (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms to-infinitive לכעוס / לִכְעֹס
action noun כְּעִיסָה
passive participle כָּעוּס
finite forms singular plural
m f m f
past first כָּעַסְתִּי כָּעַסְנוּ
second כָּעַסְתָּ כָּעַסְתְּ כְּעַסְתֶּם1 כְּעַסְתֶּן1
third כָּעַס כָּעֲסָה כָּעֲסוּ
present כּוֹעֵס כּוֹעֶסֶת כּוֹעֲסִים כּוֹעֲסוֹת
future first אֶכְעַס נִכְעַס
second תִּכְעַס תִּכְעֲסִי תִּכְעֲסוּ תִּכְעַסְנָה2
third יִכְעַס תִּכְעַס יִכְעֲסוּ תִּכְעַסְנָה2
imperative כְּעַס כַּעֲסִי כַּעֲסוּ כְּעַסְנָה2

1 Pronounced כָּעַסְתֶּם and כָּעַסְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
2 Rare in Modern Hebrew.