Verb – NIF'AL
Root: שׁ - ע - ן
The middle radical of this word is guttural; this affects the adjacent vowels.
The final radical of this word can assimilate with the suffix in inflected forms.
Verb form | Person | Singular | Plural | ||
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Masculine | Feminine | Masculine | Feminine | ||
Present tense / Participle | נִשְׁעָן nish'an I / you m. sg. / he / it lean(s) | נִשְׁעֶנֶת nish'enet I / you f. sg. / she / it lean(s) | נִשְׁעָנִים nish'anim we / you m. pl. / they m. lean | נִשְׁעָנוֹת nish'anot we / you f. pl. / they f. lean | |
Past tense | 1st | נִשְׁעַנְתִּי nish'anti I leant | נִשְׁעַנּוּ nish'annu we leant | ||
2nd | נִשְׁעַנְתָּ nish'anta you m. sg. leant | נִשְׁעַנְתְּ nish'ant you f. sg. leant | נִשְׁעַנְתֶּם nish'antem you m. pl. leant The ending is usually unstressed in spoken language: נִשְׁעַנְתֶּם nish'antem | נִשְׁעַנְתֶּן nish'anten you f. pl. leant The ending is usually unstressed in spoken language: נִשְׁעַנְתֶּן nish'anten | |
3rd | נִשְׁעַן nish'an he / it leant | נִשְׁעֲנָה nish'ana she / it leant | נִשְׁעֲנוּ nish'anu they leant | ||
Future tense | 1st | אֶשָּׁעֵן esha'en I will lean | נִשָּׁעֵן ~ נישען nisha'en we will lean | ||
2nd | תִּשָּׁעֵן ~ תישען tisha'en you m. sg. will lean | תִּשָּׁעֲנִי ~ תישעני tisha'ani you f. sg. will lean | תִּשָּׁעֲנוּ ~ תישענו tisha'anu you m. pl. will lean | תִּשָּׁעַנָּה ~ תישענה tisha'anna תִּשָּׁעֵנָּה ~ תישענה tisha'enna you f. pl. will lean In modern language, the masculine form is generally used: תִּשָּׁעֲנוּ ~ תישענו tisha'anu | |
3rd | יִשָּׁעֵן ~ יישען yisha'en he / it will lean | תִּשָּׁעֵן ~ תישען tisha'en she / it will lean | יִשָּׁעֲנוּ ~ יישענו yisha'anu they m. will lean | תִּשָּׁעַנָּה ~ תישענה tisha'anna תִּשָּׁעֵנָּה ~ תישענה tisha'enna they f. will lean In modern language, the masculine form is generally used: יִשָּׁעֲנוּ ~ יישענו yisha'anu | |
Imperative | הִשָּׁעֵן! ~ הישען! hisha'en! (to a man) lean! | הִשָּׁעֲנִי! ~ הישעני! hisha'ani! (to a woman) lean! | הִשָּׁעֲנוּ! ~ הישענו! hisha'anu! (to men) lean! | הִשָּׁעַנָּה! ~ הישענה! hisha'anna! הִשָּׁעֵנָּה! ~ הישענה! hisha'enna! (to women) lean! In modern language, the masculine form is generally used: הִשָּׁעֲנוּ! ~ הישענו! hisha'anu! | |
Infinitive | לְהִשָּׁעֵן ~ להישען lehisha'en to lean |
Word | Root | Part of speech | Meaning |
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הִישָּׁעֲנוּת | שׁ - ע - ן | Noun – hikkatlut pattern, feminine | leaning, support (in idioms) |
מִשְׁעֶנֶת | שׁ - ע - ן | Noun – miktelet pattern, feminine | back rest: crutch, walking stick; support |
לְהַשְׁעִין | שׁ - ע - ן | Verb – hif'il | to lean (something against something) |
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