Verb – PA'AL
Root: ק - פ - 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 | קוֹפֵא kofe I / you m. sg. / he / it ice(s) over | קוֹפֵאת kofet I / you f. sg. / she / it ice(s) over | קוֹפְאִים kof'im we / you m. pl. / they m. ice over | קוֹפְאוֹת kof'ot we / you f. pl. / they f. ice over | |
| Past tense | 1st | קָפָאתִי kafati I iced over | קָפָאנוּ kafanu we iced over | ||
| 2nd | קָפָאתָ kafata you m. sg. iced over | קָפָאת kafat you f. sg. iced over | קְפָאתֶם kfatem you m. pl. iced over The ending is usually unstressed in spoken language: קָפָאתֶם kafatem | קְפָאתֶן kfaten you f. pl. iced over The ending is usually unstressed in spoken language: קָפָאתֶן kafaten | |
| 3rd | קָפָא kafa he / it iced over | קָפְאָה kaf'a she / it iced over | קָפְאוּ kaf'u they iced over | ||
| Future tense | 1st | אֶקְפָּא ekpa I will ice over | נִקְפָּא nikpa we will ice over | ||
| 2nd | תִּקְפָּא tikpa you m. sg. will ice over | תִּקְפְּאִי tikpe'i you f. sg. will ice over | תִּקְפְּאוּ tikpe'u you m. pl. will ice over | תִּקְפֶּאנָה tikpena you f. pl. will ice over In modern language, the masculine form is generally used: תִּקְפְּאוּ tikpe'u | |
| 3rd | יִקְפָּא yikpa he / it will ice over | תִּקְפָּא tikpa she / it will ice over | יִקְפְּאוּ yikpe'u they m. will ice over | תִּקְפֶּאנָה tikpena they f. will ice over In modern language, the masculine form is generally used: יִקְפְּאוּ yikpe'u | |
| Imperative | קְפָא! kfa! (to a man) ice over! | קִפְאִי! kif'i! (to a woman) ice over! | קִפְאוּ! kif'u! (to men) ice over! | קְפֶאנָה! kfena! (to women) ice over! In modern language, the masculine form is generally used: קִפְאוּ! kif'u! | |
| Infinitive | לִקְפֹּא ~ לקפוא likpo to ice over | ||||
| Word | Root | Part of speech | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
הַקְפָּאָה | ק - פ - א | Noun – haktala pattern, feminine | freezing |
מַקְפִּיא | ק - פ - א | Noun – maktil pattern, masculine | freezer |
קִיפָּאוֹן | ק - פ - א | Noun – kittalon pattern, masculine | freezing; standstill, stagnation |
לְהִיקָּפֵא | ק - פ - א | Verb – nif'al | to freeze over (rare) |
לְהַקְפִּיא | ק - פ - א | Verb – hif'il | to freeze (something) |
קָפוּא | ק - פ - א | Adjective – katul pattern | frozen, congealed; paralyzed, petrified, terrified |
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