Conjugation of לָעוּף

Verb – PA'AL

Root: ע - ו - ף

The middle 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 fly (of birds, insects etc.), to go away

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Verb form	Person	Singular		Plural
		Masculine	Feminine	Masculine	Feminine
Present tense / Participle		🔊 עָף af I / you m. sg. / he / it fly(-ies)	🔊 עָפָה afa I / you f. sg. / she / it fly(-ies) The ending is usually unstressed in spoken language: 🔊 עָפָה afa	🔊 עָפִים afim we / you m. pl. / they m. fly	🔊 עָפוֹת afot we / you f. pl. / they f. fly
Past tense	1st	🔊 עַפְתִּי afti I flew		🔊 עַפְנוּ afnu we flew
	2nd	🔊 עַפְתָּ afta you m. sg. flew	🔊 עַפְתְּ aft you f. sg. flew	🔊 עַפְתֶּם aftem you m. pl. flew The ending is usually unstressed in spoken language: 🔊 עַפְתֶּם aftem	🔊 עַפְתֶּן aften you f. pl. flew The ending is usually unstressed in spoken language: 🔊 עַפְתֶּן aften
	3rd	🔊 עָף af he / it flew	🔊 עָפָה afa she / it flew	🔊 עָפוּ afu they flew
Future tense	1st	🔊 אָעוּף a'uf I will fly		🔊 נָעוּף na'uf we will fly
	2nd	🔊 תָּעוּף ta'uf you m. sg. will fly	🔊 תָּעוּפִי ta'ufi you f. sg. will fly	🔊 תָּעוּפוּ ta'ufu you m. pl. will fly	🔊 תָּעֹפְנָה ~ תעופנה ta'ofna 🔊 תְּעוּפֶינָה te'ufena you f. pl. will fly In modern language, the masculine form is generally used: 🔊 תָּעוּפוּ ta'ufu
	3rd	🔊 יָעוּף ya'uf he / it will fly	🔊 תָּעוּף ta'uf she / it will fly	🔊 יָעוּפוּ ya'ufu they m. will fly	🔊 תָּעֹפְנָה ~ תעופנה ta'ofna 🔊 תְּעוּפֶינָה te'ufena they f. will fly In modern language, the masculine form is generally used: 🔊 יָעוּפוּ ya'ufu
Imperative		🔊 עוּף!‏ uf! (to a man) fly!	🔊 עוּפִי!‏ ufi! (to a woman) fly!	🔊 עוּפוּ!‏ ufu! (to men) fly!	🔊 עֹפְנָה!‏ ~ עופנה!‏ ofna! 🔊 עוּפֶינָה!‏ ufena! (to women) fly! In modern language, the masculine form is generally used: 🔊 עוּפוּ!‏ ufu!
Infinitive		🔊 לָעוּף la'uf to fly