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Conjugation of לְעַוּוֹת

Verb – PI'EL

Root: ע - ו - ה

The final radical of this word disappears or turns into a vowel in inflected forms.

The first radical of this word is guttural; this affects the adjacent vowels.

Meaning

to distort (words)

Active forms Binyan Pi'el

Verb form	Person	Singular		Plural
		Masculine	Feminine	Masculine	Feminine
Present tense / Participle		מְעַוֶּה ~ מעווה me'ave I / you m. sg. / he / it distort(s)	מְעַוָּה ~ מעווה me'ava I / you f. sg. / she / it distort(s)	מְעַוִּים ~ מעווים me'avim we / you m. pl. / they m. distort	מְעַוּוֹת me'avot we / you f. pl. / they f. distort
Past tense	1st	עִוִּיתִי ~ עיוויתי iviti I distorted		עִוִּינוּ ~ עיווינו ivinu we distorted
	2nd	עִוִּיתָ ~ עיווית ivita you m. sg. distorted	עִוִּית ~ עיווית ivit you f. sg. distorted	עִוִּיתֶם ~ עיוויתם ivitem you m. pl. distorted The ending is usually unstressed in spoken language: עִוִּיתֶם ~ עיוויתם ivitem	עִוִּיתֶן ~ עיוויתן iviten you f. pl. distorted The ending is usually unstressed in spoken language: עִוִּיתֶן ~ עיוויתן iviten
	3rd	עִוָּה ~ עיווה iva he / it distorted	עִוְּתָה ~ עיוותה ivta she / it distorted	עִוּוּ ~ עיוו ivu they distorted
Future tense	1st	אֲעַוֶּה ~ אעווה a'ave I will distort		נְעַוֶּה ~ נעווה ne'ave we will distort
	2nd	תְּעַוֶּה ~ תעווה te'ave you m. sg. will distort	תְּעַוִּי ~ תעווי te'avi you f. sg. will distort	תְּעַוּוּ te'avu you m. pl. will distort	תְּעַוֶּינָה ~ תעווינה te'avena you f. pl. will distort In modern language, the masculine form is generally used: תְּעַוּוּ te'avu
	3rd	יְעַוֶּה ~ יעווה ye'ave he / it will distort	תְּעַוֶּה ~ תעווה te'ave she / it will distort	יְעַוּוּ ye'avu they m. will distort	תְּעַוֶּינָה ~ תעווינה te'avena they f. will distort In modern language, the masculine form is generally used: יְעַוּוּ ye'avu
Imperative		עַוֵּה!‏ ~ עווה!‏ ave! (to a man) distort!	עַוִּי!‏ ~ עווי!‏ avi! (to a woman) distort!	עַוּוּ!‏ avu! (to men) distort!	עַוֶּינָה!‏ ~ עווינה!‏ avena! (to women) distort! In modern language, the masculine form is generally used: עַוּוּ!‏ avu!
Infinitive		לְעַוּוֹת le'avot to distort

Passive forms Binyan Pu'al

Verb form	Person	Singular		Plural
		Masculine	Feminine	Masculine	Feminine
Present tense / Participle		מְעֻוֶּה ~ מעווה me'uve I am / you m. sg. are / he / it is distorted	מְעֻוָּה ~ מעווה me'uva I am / you f. sg. are / she / it is distorted	מְעֻוִּים ~ מעווים me'uvim we / you m. pl. / they m. are distorted	מְעֻוּוֹת ~ מעווות me'uvot we / you f. pl. / they f. are distorted
Past tense	1st	עֻוֵּיתִי ~ עוויתי uveti I was distorted		עֻוֵּינוּ ~ עווינו uvenu we were distorted
	2nd	עֻוֵּיתָ ~ עווית uveta you m. sg. were distorted	עֻוֵּית ~ עווית uvet you f. sg. were distorted	עֻוֵּיתֶם ~ עוויתם uvetem you m. pl. were distorted The ending is usually unstressed in spoken language: עֻוֵּיתֶם ~ עוויתם uvetem	עֻוֵּיתֶן ~ עוויתן uveten you f. pl. were distorted The ending is usually unstressed in spoken language: עֻוֵּיתֶן ~ עוויתן uveten
	3rd	עֻוָּה ~ עווה uva he / it was distorted	עֻוְּתָה ~ עוותה uvta she / it was distorted	עֻוּוּ ~ עווו uvu they were distorted
Future tense	1st	אֲעֻוֶּה ~ אעווה a'uve I will be distorted		נְעֻוֶּה ~ נעווה ne'uve we will be distorted
	2nd	תְּעֻוֶּה ~ תעווה te'uve you m. sg. will be distorted	תְּעֻוִּי ~ תעווי te'uvi you f. sg. will be distorted	תְּעֻוּוּ ~ תעווו te'uvu you m. pl. will be distorted	תְּעֻוֶּינָה ~ תעווינה te'uvena you f. pl. will be distorted In modern language, the masculine form is generally used: תְּעֻוּוּ ~ תעווו te'uvu
	3rd	יְעֻוֶּה ~ יעווה ye'uve he / it will be distorted	תְּעֻוֶּה ~ תעווה te'uve she / it will be distorted	יְעֻוּוּ ~ יעווו ye'uvu they m. will be distorted	תְּעֻוֶּינָה ~ תעווינה te'uvena they f. will be distorted In modern language, the masculine form is generally used: יְעֻוּוּ ~ יעווו ye'uvu