Verb – PA'AL
Root: ג - מ - 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 | גּוֹמֵא gome I / you m. sg. / he / it sip(s) | גּוֹמֵאת gomet I / you f. sg. / she / it sip(s) | גּוֹמְאִים gom'im we / you m. pl. / they m. sip | גּוֹמְאוֹת gom'ot we / you f. pl. / they f. sip | |
| Past tense | 1st | גָּמָאתִי gamati I sipped | גָּמָאנוּ gamanu we sipped | ||
| 2nd | גָּמָאתָ gamata you m. sg. sipped | גָּמָאת gamat you f. sg. sipped | גְּמָאתֶם gmatem you m. pl. sipped The ending is usually unstressed in spoken language: גָּמָאתֶם gamatem | גְּמָאתֶן gmaten you f. pl. sipped The ending is usually unstressed in spoken language: גָּמָאתֶן gamaten | |
| 3rd | גָּמָא gama he / it sipped | גָּמְאָה gam'a she / it sipped | גָּמְאוּ gam'u they sipped | ||
| Future tense | 1st | אֶגְמָא egma I will sip | נִגְמָא nigma we will sip | ||
| 2nd | תִּגְמָא tigma you m. sg. will sip | תִּגְמְאִי tigme'i you f. sg. will sip | תִּגְמְאוּ tigme'u you m. pl. will sip | תִּגְמֶאנָה tigmena you f. pl. will sip In modern language, the masculine form is generally used: תִּגְמְאוּ tigme'u | |
| 3rd | יִגְמָא yigma he / it will sip | תִּגְמָא tigma she / it will sip | יִגְמְאוּ yigme'u they m. will sip | תִּגְמֶאנָה tigmena they f. will sip In modern language, the masculine form is generally used: יִגְמְאוּ yigme'u | |
| Imperative | גְּמָא! gma! (to a man) sip! | גִּמְאִי! gim'i! (to a woman) sip! | גִּמְאוּ! gim'u! (to men) sip! | גְּמֶאנָה! gmena! (to women) sip! In modern language, the masculine form is generally used: גִּמְאוּ! gim'u! | |
| Infinitive | לִגְמֹא ~ לגמוא ligmo to sip | ||||
| Word | Root | Part of speech | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
גּוֹמֶא | ג - מ - א | Noun – kotel pattern, masculine | papyrus, reed |
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