ספג

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ס־פ־ג (s-p-g)
3 terms

Formed in Mishnaic times from סְפוֹג (s'fóg, “sponge”), from Ancient Greek σπόγγος (spóngos) or σφόγγος (sphóngos).

Verb

סָפַג • (safág) (pa'al construction, passive counterpart נִסְפַּג)

  1. to absorb ("to suck up or drink in").
  2. to absorb ("to include so that it no longer has separate existence").
  3. to receive something negative.
    הסרט ספג הרבה ביקורות רעות. ― The film received a lot of bad reviews. ― haséret safág harbé bikorót ra'út.
  4. (sports) to have a goal capture by the opposing team (in sports such as football or hockey.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of סָפַג (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms to-infinitive לספוג / לִסְפֹּג
action noun סְפִיגָה
passive participle סָפוּג
finite forms singular plural
m f m f
past first סָפַגְתִּי סָפַגְנוּ
second סָפַגְתָּ סָפַגְתְּ סְפַגְתֶּם1 סְפַגְתֶּן1
third סָפַג סָפְגָה סָפְגוּ
present סוֹפֵג סוֹפֶגֶת סוֹפְגִים סוֹפְגוֹת
future first אספוג / אֶסְפֹּג נספוג / נִסְפֹּג
second תספוג / תִּסְפֹּג תִּסְפְּגִי תִּסְפְּגוּ תספוגנה / תִּסְפֹּגְנָה2
third יספוג / יִסְפֹּג תספוג / תִּסְפֹּג יִסְפְּגוּ תספוגנה / תִּסְפֹּגְנָה2
imperative ספוג / סְפֹג סִפְגִי סִפְגוּ ספוגנה / סְפֹגְנָה2

1 Pronounced סָפַגְתֶּם and סָפַגְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
2 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

See also

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