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

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