Conjugation of לִקְשׁוֹת

Verb – PA'AL

Root: ק - שׁ - ה

The final radical of this word disappears or turns into a vowel in inflected forms.

Meaning

to be hard, to be solid, to be difficult

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Verb form	Person	Singular		Plural
		Masculine	Feminine	Masculine	Feminine
Present tense / Participle		🔊 קָשֶׁה kashe I am / you m. sg. are / he / it is hard	🔊 קָשָׁה kasha I am / you f. sg. are / she / it is hard	🔊 קָשִׁים kashim we / you m. pl. / they m. are hard	🔊 קָשׁוֹת kashot we / you f. pl. / they f. are hard
Past tense	1st	🔊 קָשִׁיתִי kashiti I was hard		🔊 קָשִׁינוּ kashinu we were hard
	2nd	🔊 קָשִׁיתָ kashita you m. sg. were hard	🔊 קָשִׁית kashit you f. sg. were hard	🔊 קְשִׁיתֶם kshitem you m. pl. were hard The ending is usually unstressed in spoken language: 🔊 קָשִׁיתֶם kashitem	🔊 קְשִׁיתֶן kshiten you f. pl. were hard The ending is usually unstressed in spoken language: 🔊 קָשִׁיתֶן kashiten
	3rd	🔊 קָשָׁה kasha he / it was hard	🔊 קָשְׁתָה kashta she / it was hard	🔊 קָשׁוּ kashu they were hard
Future tense	1st	🔊 אֶקְשֶׁה ekshe I will be hard		🔊 נִקְשֶׁה nikshe we will be hard
	2nd	🔊 תִּקְשֶׁה tikshe you m. sg. will be hard	🔊 תִּקְשִׁי tikshi you f. sg. will be hard	🔊 תִּקְשׁוּ tikshu you m. pl. will be hard	🔊 תִּקְשֶׁינָה tikshena you f. pl. will be hard In modern language, the masculine form is generally used: 🔊 תִּקְשׁוּ tikshu
	3rd	🔊 יִקְשֶׁה yikshe he / it will be hard	🔊 תִּקְשֶׁה tikshe she / it will be hard	🔊 יִקְשׁוּ yikshu they m. will be hard	🔊 תִּקְשֶׁינָה tikshena they f. will be hard In modern language, the masculine form is generally used: 🔊 יִקְשׁוּ yikshu
Imperative		🔊 קְשֵׁה!‏ kshe! (to a man) be hard!	🔊 קְשִׁי!‏ kshi! (to a woman) be hard!	🔊 קְשׁוּ!‏ kshu! (to men) be hard!	🔊 קְשֶׁינָה!‏ kshena! (to women) be hard! In modern language, the masculine form is generally used: 🔊 קְשׁוּ!‏ kshu!
Infinitive		🔊 לִקְשׁוֹת likshot to be hard