נטייה

Hebrew

Alternative forms

Etymology

Root
נ־ט־ה (n-ṭ-h)
6 terms

Action noun of the verb נָטָה (natá), from the root נ־ט־ה (n-t-h).

Noun

נטייה / נְטִיָּה • (n'tiyá) f (plural indefinite נְטִיּוֹת, singular construct נטיית / נְטִיַּת־, plural construct נְטִיּוֹת־) [pattern: קְטִילָה]

  1. A tendency, an inclination.
    נטייה מינית ― n'tiyá minít ― sexual preference
    יש להם נטייה להסכים לכל בקשה. ― yésh lahém n'tiyá l'haskím l'khól bakashá. ― They have a tendency to agree to every request.
  2. (grammar, uncountable) inflection (the linguistic phenomenon of morphological variation, whereby terms take a number of distinct forms in order to express different grammatical features)

Derived terms

References

  • “נטייה” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

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