רצח

Hebrew

Root
ר־צ־ח (r-ts-kh)
2 terms

Pronunciation

  • (רָצַח, ratsákh) (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʁaˈt͡saχ/
  • (רֶצַח, rétsakh) (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈʁe.t͡saχ/
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Verb

רָצַח • (ratsákh) (pa'al construction, passive counterpart נִרְצַח)

  1. to murder (to kill deliberately)

Conjugation

Conjugation of רָצַח (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms to-infinitive לרצוח / לִרְצֹחַ
action noun רְצִיחָה
passive participle רָצוּחַ
finite forms singular plural
m f m f
past first רָצַחְתִּי רָצַחְנוּ
second רָצַחְתָּ רָצַחְתְּ רְצַחְתֶּם1 רְצַחְתֶּן1
third רָצַח רָצְחָה רָצְחוּ
present רוֹצֵחַ רוֹצַחַת רוֹצְחִים רוֹצְחוֹת
future first אֶרְצַח נִרְצַח
second תִּרְצַח תִּרְצְחִי תִּרְצְחוּ תִּרְצַחְנָה2
third יִרְצַח תִּרְצַח יִרְצְחוּ תִּרְצַחְנָה2
imperative רְצַח רִצְחִי רִצְחוּ רְצַחְנָה2

1 Pronounced רָצַחְתֶּם and רָצַחְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
2 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Hypernyms

References

Noun

רֶצַח • (rétsakh) m [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. murder: the crime of deliberately killing
    • 2015 September 17, Avi Kohen, “פתק על הניידת: "שוטר טוב זה שוטר מת"”, in Israel HaYom:
      אם משטרה מתנכלת ותומכת ברצח אזרחים, קריאה לשחיטת שוטרים אינה נחשבת הסתה. שוטר טוב זה שוטר מת...
      im mishtará mitnakélet vetomékhet berétzakh ezrakhím, kri'á leshkhitát shotrím ená nekhshévet hasatá. shotér tov ze shotér met...
      If the police harass and support murder of civillians, call for the slaughter of police officers is not considered incitement. A good cop is a dead cop...

Derived terms

Adverb

רֶצַח • (rétsakh) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. (informal) very much, very, extremely
    הארוחה שהכנת היתה טעימה רצח
    ha'arukhá shehekhánta haytá te'imá rétsakh
    The meal you prepared was damn good.

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