Verb – NIF'AL
Root: מ - צ - א
The final radical of this word is guttural; this affects the adjacent vowels.
| Verb form | Person | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masculine | Feminine | Masculine | Feminine | ||
| Present tense / Participle | נִמְצָא nimtza I am / you m. sg. are / he / it is found | נִמְצֵאת nimtzet I am / you f. sg. are / she / it is found | נִמְצָאִים nimtza'im we / you m. pl. / they m. are found | נִמְצָאוֹת nimtza'ot we / you f. pl. / they f. are found | |
| Past tense | 1st | נִמְצֵאתִי nimtzeti I was found | נִמְצֵאנוּ nimtzenu we were found | ||
| 2nd | נִמְצֵאתָ nimtzeta you m. sg. were found | נִמְצֵאת nimtzet you f. sg. were found | נִמְצֵאתֶם nimtzetem you m. pl. were found The ending is usually unstressed in spoken language: נִמְצֵאתֶם nimtzetem | נִמְצֵאתֶן nimtzeten you f. pl. were found The ending is usually unstressed in spoken language: נִמְצֵאתֶן nimtzeten | |
| 3rd | נִמְצָא nimtza he / it was found | נִמְצְאָה nimtze'a she / it was found | נִמְצְאוּ nimtze'u they were found | ||
| Future tense | 1st | אֶמָּצֵא ematze I will be found | נִמָּצֵא ~ נימצא nimatze we will be found | ||
| 2nd | תִּמָּצֵא ~ תימצא timatze you m. sg. will be found | תִּמָּצְאִי ~ תימצאי timatz'i you f. sg. will be found | תִּמָּצְאוּ ~ תימצאו timatz'u you m. pl. will be found | תִּמָּצֶאנָה ~ תימצאנה timatzena you f. pl. will be found In modern language, the masculine form is generally used: תִּמָּצְאוּ ~ תימצאו timatz'u | |
| 3rd | יִמָּצֵא ~ יימצא yimatze he / it will be found | תִּמָּצֵא ~ תימצא timatze she / it will be found | יִמָּצְאוּ ~ יימצאו yimatz'u they m. will be found | תִּמָּצֶאנָה ~ תימצאנה timatzena they f. will be found In modern language, the masculine form is generally used: יִמָּצְאוּ ~ יימצאו yimatz'u | |
| Imperative | הִמָּצֵא! ~ הימצא! himatze! (to a man) be found! | הִמָּצְאִי! ~ הימצאי! himatz'i! (to a woman) be found! | הִמָּצְאוּ! ~ הימצאו! himatz'u! (to men) be found! | הִמָּצֶאנָה! ~ הימצאנה! himatzena! (to women) be found! In modern language, the masculine form is generally used: הִמָּצְאוּ! ~ הימצאו! himatz'u! | |
| Infinitive | לְהִמָּצֵא ~ להימצא lehimatze to be found | ||||
| Word | Root | Part of speech | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
הִימָּצְאוּת | מ - צ - א | Noun – hikkatlut pattern, feminine | location; presence, being found |
הַמְצָאָה | מ - צ - א | Noun – haktala pattern, feminine | invention; fabrication |
הִתְמַצְּאוּת | מ - צ - א | Noun – hitkattlut pattern, feminine | familiarity; orientation (in a topic, etc.) |
לִמְצוֹא | מ - צ - א | Verb – pa'al | to find, to encounter |
לְהַמְצִיא | מ - צ - א | Verb – hif'il | to invent; to make up; to present |
לְהִתְמַצֵּא | מ - צ - א | Verb – hitpa'el | to be familiar (with something), to know well |
מָצוּי | מ - צ - ה | Adjective – katul pattern | present, existing; common, commonplace, usual |
מְצִיאָה | מ - צ - א | Noun – ktila pattern, feminine | finding, discovery; bargain, good deal (slang) |
מְצִיאוּת | מ - צ - א | Noun | reality; existence |
מְצִיאוּתִי | מ - צ - א | Adjective | realistic |
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