Conjugation of לִכְהוֹת

Verb – PA'AL

Root: כ - ה - ה

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

The middle radical of this word is guttural; this affects the adjacent vowels.

Meaning

to be dark; to darken, to fade

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Verb form	Person	Singular		Plural
		Masculine	Feminine	Masculine	Feminine
Present tense / Participle		🔊 כּוֹהֶה kohe I am / you m. sg. are / he / it is dark	🔊 כּוֹהָה koha I am / you f. sg. are / she / it is dark	🔊 כּוֹהִים kohim we / you m. pl. / they m. are dark	🔊 כּוֹהוֹת kohot we / you f. pl. / they f. are dark
Past tense	1st	🔊 כָּהִיתִי kahiti I was dark		🔊 כָּהִינוּ kahinu we were dark
	2nd	🔊 כָּהִיתָ kahita you m. sg. were dark	🔊 כָּהִית kahit you f. sg. were dark	🔊 כְּהִיתֶם kehitem you m. pl. were dark The ending is usually unstressed in spoken language: 🔊 כָּהִיתֶם kahitem	🔊 כְּהִיתֶן kehiten you f. pl. were dark The ending is usually unstressed in spoken language: 🔊 כָּהִיתֶן kahiten
	3rd	🔊 כָּהָה kaha he / it was dark	🔊 כָּהֲתָה kahata she / it was dark	🔊 כָּהוּ kahu they were dark
Future tense	1st	🔊 אֶכְהֶה echhe I will be dark		🔊 נִכְהֶה nichhe we will be dark
	2nd	🔊 תִּכְהֶה tichhe you m. sg. will be dark	🔊 תִּכְהִי tichhi you f. sg. will be dark	🔊 תִּכְהוּ tichhu you m. pl. will be dark	🔊 תִּכְהֶינָה tichhena you f. pl. will be dark In modern language, the masculine form is generally used: 🔊 תִּכְהוּ tichhu
	3rd	🔊 יִכְהֶה yichhe he / it will be dark	🔊 תִּכְהֶה tichhe she / it will be dark	🔊 יִכְהוּ yichhu they m. will be dark	🔊 תִּכְהֶינָה tichhena they f. will be dark In modern language, the masculine form is generally used: 🔊 יִכְהוּ yichhu
Imperative		🔊 כְּהֵה!‏ kehe! (to a man) be dark!	🔊 כְּהִי!‏ kehi! (to a woman) be dark!	🔊 כְּהוּ!‏ kehu! (to men) be dark!	🔊 כְּהֶינָה!‏ kehena! (to women) be dark! In modern language, the masculine form is generally used: 🔊 כְּהוּ!‏ kehu!
Infinitive		🔊 לִכְהוֹת lichhot to be dark