נבח

Aramaic

Verb

נְבַח • (transliteration needed)

  1. to bark

References

  • Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature[1], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 868a
  • nbḥ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–

Hebrew

Root
נ־ב־ח (n-b-kh)
2 terms

Etymology

Onomatopoeic in origin, cognate with Arabic نَبَحَ (nabaḥa) and Aramaic נְבַח.

Pronunciation

Verb

נָבַח • (navákh) (pa'al construction)

  1. to bark
    הַכֶּלֶב נָבַח.hakélev navákh.The dog barked.

Conjugation

Conjugation of נָבַח (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms to-infinitive לנבוח / לִנְבֹּחַ
action noun נְבִיחָה
passive participle
finite forms singular plural
m f m f
past first נָבַחְתִּי נָבַחְנוּ
second נָבַחְתָּ נָבַחְתְּ נְבַחְתֶּם1 נְבַחְתֶּן1
third נָבַח נָבְחָה נָבְחוּ
present נוֹבֵחַ נוֹבַחַת נוֹבְחִים נוֹבְחוֹת
future first אֶנְבַּח נִנְבַּח
second תִּנְבַּח תִּנְבְּחִי תִּנְבְּחוּ תִּנְבַּחְנָה2
third יִנְבַּח תִּנְבַּח יִנְבְּחוּ תִּנְבַּחְנָה2
imperative נְבַח נִבְחִי נִבְחוּ נְבַחְנָה2

1 Pronounced נָבַחְתֶּם and נָבַחְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
2 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Derived terms

References