צמח

Hebrew

Root
צ־מ־ח (ts-m-kh)
4 terms

Pronunciation 1

Verb

צָמַח • (tsamákh) (pa'al construction)

  1. (Can we clean up(+) this sense?) To sprout, grow; to bring forth
    • 2011, סולינה (Sulina; a pseudonym), quoted in ליאת שלזינגר (Liat Schlessinger), “המין השלישי: היציאה מהארון של האינטרסקס” (hamín hash'lishí: hay'tsi'á meha'arón shel ha'ínterseks, “The third sex: The coming out of intersex people”), in nrgמעריב, 2011 May 13:
      אצלי בגיל הזה התחיל לצמוח שיער על החזה.
      etslí bagíl hazé hitkhíl litsmóakh se'ár al hakhazé.
      Me at that age, hair started to grow on my chest.
Conjugation
Conjugation of צָמַח (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms to-infinitive לצמוח / לִצְמֹחַ
action noun צְמִיחָה
passive participle —
finite forms singular plural
m f m f
past first צָמַחְתִּי צָמַחְנוּ
second צָמַחְתָּ צָמַחְתְּ צְמַחְתֶּם1 צְמַחְתֶּן1
third צָמַח צָמְחָה צָמְחוּ
present צוֹמֵחַ צוֹמַחַת צוֹמְחִים צוֹמְחוֹת
future first אֶצְמַח נִצְמַח
second תִּצְמַח תִּצְמְחִי תִּצְמְחוּ תִּצְמַחְנָה2
third יִצְמַח תִּצְמַח יִצְמְחוּ תִּצְמַחְנָה2
imperative צְמַח צִמְחִי צִמְחוּ צְמַחְנָה2

1 Pronounced צָמַחְתֶּם and צָמַחְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
2 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Pronunciation 2

Noun

צֶמַח • (tsémakh) m (plural indefinite צְמָחִים, singular construct צֶמַח־, plural construct צִמְחֵי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. (botany) plant (an organism of the kingdom Plantae)
  2. A vegetable: a person in a vegetative state due to brain damage.
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