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)

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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