לצער־

Hebrew

Root
צ־ע־ר (ts-ʿ-r)
5 terms

Etymology

From לְ־ (l'-, to) +‎ צַעַר־ (tsá'ar-, the sorrow of).

Pronunciation

Preposition

לְצַעַר־ • (l'tsa'ar-)

  1. unfortunately (for); sadly; to one's misfortune
    לְצַעֲרִיl'tsa'aríunfortunately (for me)
    לְצַעֲרוֹl'tsa'aróunfortunately (for him)

Usage notes

  • Primarily used with a pronominal object suffix.

Inflection

Inflection table
base form לְצַעַר (l'tsá'ar)
Personal-pronoun-
including forms
singular plural
m f m f
1st person לְצַעֲרִי (l'tsa'arí) לְצַעֲרֵנוּ (l'tsa'arénu)
2nd person לְצַעַרְךָ (l'tsa'arkhá) לְצַעֲרֵךְ (l'tsa'arékh) לְצַעַרְכֶם (l'tsa'arkhém) לְצַעַרְכֶן (l'tsa'arkhén)
3rd person לְצַעֲרוֹ (l'tsa'aró) לְצַעֲרָהּ (l'tsa'aráh) לְצַעֲרָם (l'tsa'arám) לְצַעֲרָן (l'tsa'arán)