Verb – PA'AL
Root: שׁ - א - ף
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 | שׁוֹאֵף sho'ef I / you m. sg. / he / it inhale(s) | שׁוֹאֶפֶת sho'efet I / you f. sg. / she / it inhale(s) | שׁוֹאֲפִים sho'afim we / you m. pl. / they m. inhale | שׁוֹאֲפוֹת sho'afot we / you f. pl. / they f. inhale | |
Past tense | 1st | שָׁאַפְתִּי sha'afti I inhaled | שָׁאַפְנוּ sha'afnu we inhaled | ||
2nd | שָׁאַפְתָּ sha'afta you m. sg. inhaled | שָׁאַפְתְּ sha'aft you f. sg. inhaled | שְׁאַפְתֶּם she'aftem you m. pl. inhaled The ending is usually unstressed in spoken language: שָׁאַפְתֶּם sha'aftem | שְׁאַפְתֶּן she'aften you f. pl. inhaled The ending is usually unstressed in spoken language: שָׁאַפְתֶּן sha'aften | |
3rd | שָׁאַף sha'af he / it inhaled | שָׁאֲפָה sha'afa she / it inhaled | שָׁאֲפוּ sha'afu they inhaled | ||
Future tense | 1st | אֶשְׁאַף esh'af I will inhale | נִשְׁאַף nish'af we will inhale | ||
2nd | תִּשְׁאַף tish'af you m. sg. will inhale | תִּשְׁאֲפִי tish'afi you f. sg. will inhale | תִּשְׁאֲפוּ tish'afu you m. pl. will inhale | תִּשְׁאַפְנָה tish'afna you f. pl. will inhale In modern language, the masculine form is generally used: תִּשְׁאֲפוּ tish'afu | |
3rd | יִשְׁאַף yish'af he / it will inhale | תִּשְׁאַף tish'af she / it will inhale | יִשְׁאֲפוּ yish'afu they m. will inhale | תִּשְׁאַפְנָה tish'afna they f. will inhale In modern language, the masculine form is generally used: יִשְׁאֲפוּ yish'afu | |
Imperative | שְׁאַף! she'af! (to a man) inhale! | שַׁאֲפִי! sha'afi! (to a woman) inhale! | שַׁאֲפוּ! sha'afu! (to men) inhale! | שְׁאַפְנָה! she'afna! (to women) inhale! In modern language, the masculine form is generally used: שַׁאֲפוּ! sha'afu! | |
Infinitive | לִשְׁאֹף ~ לשאוף lish'of to inhale |
Word | Root | Part of speech | Meaning |
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מַשְׁאֵף | שׁ - א - ף | Noun – maktel pattern, masculine | inhaler (medicine) |
שְׁאִיפָה | שׁ - א - ף | Noun – ktila pattern, feminine | inhalation; aspiration, ambition |
לְהִישָּׁאֵף | שׁ - א - ף | Verb – nif'al | to be inhaled |
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