Conjugation of לְהֵיעָצֵב

Verb – NIF'AL

Root: ע - צ - ב

The first radical of this word is guttural. It cannot bear a dagesh, and the adjacent vowels may be affected.

Meaning

to become gloomy, to become sad (lit.)

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Verb form	Person	Singular		Plural
		Masculine	Feminine	Masculine	Feminine
Present tense / Participle		🔊 נֶעֱצָב ne'etzav 🔊 נֶעְצָב ne'etzav I / you m. sg. / he / it become(s) gloomy	🔊 נֶעֱצֶבֶת ne'etzevet 🔊 נֶעְצֶבֶת ne'etzevet I / you f. sg. / she / it become(s) gloomy	🔊 נֶעֱצָבִים ne'etzavim 🔊 נֶעְצָבִים ne'etzavim we / you m. pl. / they m. become gloomy	🔊 נֶעֱצָבוֹת ne'etzavot 🔊 נֶעְצָבוֹת ne'etzavot we / you f. pl. / they f. become gloomy
Past tense	1st	🔊 נֶעֱצַבְתִּי ne'etzavti 🔊 נֶעְצַבְתִּי ne'etzavti I became gloomy		🔊 נֶעֱצַבְנוּ ne'etzavnu 🔊 נֶעְצַבְנוּ ne'etzavnu we became gloomy
	2nd	🔊 נֶעֱצַבְתָּ ne'etzavta 🔊 נֶעְצַבְתָּ ne'etzavta you m. sg. became gloomy	🔊 נֶעֱצַבְתְּ ne'etzavt 🔊 נֶעְצַבְתְּ ne'etzavt you f. sg. became gloomy	🔊 נֶעֱצַבְתֶּם ne'etzavtem 🔊 נֶעְצַבְתֶּם ne'etzavtem you m. pl. became gloomy The ending is usually unstressed in spoken language: 🔊 נֶעֱצַבְתֶּם ne'etzavtem 🔊 נֶעְצַבְתֶּם ne'etzavtem	🔊 נֶעֱצַבְתֶּן ne'etzavten 🔊 נֶעְצַבְתֶּן ne'etzavten you f. pl. became gloomy The ending is usually unstressed in spoken language: 🔊 נֶעֱצַבְתֶּן ne'etzavten 🔊 נֶעְצַבְתֶּן ne'etzavten
	3rd	🔊 נֶעֱצַב ne'etzav 🔊 נֶעְצַב ne'etzav he / it became gloomy	🔊 נֶעֶצְבָה ne'etzva 🔊 נֶעְצְבָה ne'etzva she / it became gloomy	🔊 נֶעֶצְבוּ ne'etzvu 🔊 נֶעְצְבוּ ne'etzvu they became gloomy
Future tense	1st	🔊 אֵעָצֵב ~ איעצב e'atzev I will become gloomy		🔊 נֵעָצֵב ~ ניעצב ne'atzev we will become gloomy
	2nd	🔊 תֵּעָצֵב ~ תיעצב te'atzev you m. sg. will become gloomy	🔊 תֵּעָצְבִי ~ תיעצבי te'atzvi you f. sg. will become gloomy	🔊 תֵּעָצְבוּ ~ תיעצבו te'atzvu you m. pl. will become gloomy	🔊 תֵּעָצֵבְנָה ~ תיעצבנה te'atzevna 🔊 תֵּעָצַבְנָה ~ תיעצבנה te'atzavna you f. pl. will become gloomy In modern language, the masculine form is generally used: 🔊 תֵּעָצְבוּ ~ תיעצבו te'atzvu
	3rd	🔊 יֵעָצֵב ~ ייעצב ye'atzev he / it will become gloomy	🔊 תֵּעָצֵב ~ תיעצב te'atzev she / it will become gloomy	🔊 יֵעָצְבוּ ~ ייעצבו ye'atzvu they m. will become gloomy	🔊 תֵּעָצֵבְנָה ~ תיעצבנה te'atzevna 🔊 תֵּעָצַבְנָה ~ תיעצבנה te'atzavna they f. will become gloomy In modern language, the masculine form is generally used: 🔊 יֵעָצְבוּ ~ ייעצבו ye'atzvu
Imperative		🔊 הֵעָצֵב!‏ ~ היעצב!‏ he'atzev! (to a man) become gloomy!	🔊 הֵעָצְבִי!‏ ~ היעצבי!‏ he'atzvi! (to a woman) become gloomy!	🔊 הֵעָצְבוּ!‏ ~ היעצבו!‏ he'atzvu! (to men) become gloomy!	🔊 הֵעָצֵבְנָה!‏ ~ היעצבנה!‏ he'atzevna! 🔊 הֵעָצַבְנָה!‏ ~ היעצבנה!‏ he'atzavna! (to women) become gloomy! In modern language, the masculine form is generally used: 🔊 הֵעָצְבוּ!‏ ~ היעצבו!‏ he'atzvu!
Infinitive		🔊 לְהֵעָצֵב ~ להיעצב lehe'atzev to become gloomy