Verb – PA'AL
Root: פ - ח - ת
The middle radical of this word is guttural; this affects the adjacent vowels.
Verb form | Person | Singular | Plural | ||
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Masculine | Feminine | Masculine | Feminine | ||
Present tense / Participle | פּוֹחֵת pochet I / you m. sg. / he / it lessen(s) | פּוֹחֶתֶת pochetet I / you f. sg. / she / it lessen(s) | פּוֹחֲתִים pochatim we / you m. pl. / they m. lessen | פּוֹחֲתוֹת pochatot we / you f. pl. / they f. lessen | |
Past tense | 1st | פָּחַתִּי pachatti I lessened | פָּחַתְנוּ pachatnu we lessened | ||
2nd | פָּחַתָּ pachatta you m. sg. lessened | פָּחַתְּ pachatet you f. sg. lessened | פָּחַתֶּם pachattem you m. pl. lessened The ending is usually unstressed in spoken language: פָּחַתֶּם pachattem | פָּחַתֶּן pachatten you f. pl. lessened The ending is usually unstressed in spoken language: פָּחַתֶּן pachatten | |
3rd | פָּחַת pachat he / it lessened | פָּחֲתָה pachata she / it lessened | פָּחֲתוּ pachatu they lessened | ||
Future tense | 1st | אֶפְחַת efchat I will lessen | נִפְחַת nifchat we will lessen | ||
2nd | תִּפְחַת tifchat you m. sg. will lessen | תִּפְחֲתִי tifchati you f. sg. will lessen | תִּפְחֲתוּ tifchatu you m. pl. will lessen | תִּפְחַתְנָה tifchatna you f. pl. will lessen In modern language, the masculine form is generally used: תִּפְחֲתוּ tifchatu | |
3rd | יִפְחַת yifchat he / it will lessen | תִּפְחַת tifchat she / it will lessen | יִפְחֲתוּ yifchatu they m. will lessen | תִּפְחַתְנָה tifchatna they f. will lessen In modern language, the masculine form is generally used: יִפְחֲתוּ yifchatu | |
Imperative | פְּחַת! pchat! (to a man) lessen! | פַּחֲתִי! pachati! (to a woman) lessen! | פַּחֲתוּ! pachatu! (to men) lessen! | פְּחַתְנָה! pchatna! (to women) lessen! In modern language, the masculine form is generally used: פַּחֲתוּ! pachatu! | |
Infinitive | לִפְחֹת ~ לפחות lifchot to lessen |
Word | Root | Part of speech | Meaning |
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הַפְחָתָה | פ - ח - ת | Noun – haktala pattern, feminine | reduction, diminishing, lessening; deduction |
פָּחוֹת | פ - ח - ת | Adverb – katol pattern | less, less than (מ־); minus |
פְּחִיתוּת | פ - ח - ת | Noun | inferiority; degradation |
לְהַפְחִית | פ - ח - ת | Verb – hif'il | to lessen, to decrease something; to subtract |
פִּיחוּת | פ - ח - ת | Noun – kittul pattern, masculine | reduction, diminution; devaluation (of a currency) |
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