Verb – NIF'AL
Root: כ - ב - ה
The final radical of this word disappears or turns into a vowel in inflected forms.
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| Verb form | Person | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masculine | Feminine | Masculine | Feminine | ||
| Present tense / Participle | 🔊 נִכְבֶּה nichbe I am / you m. sg. are / he / it is extinguished | 🔊 נִכְבֵּית nichbet I am / you f. sg. are / she / it is extinguished | 🔊 נִכְבִּים nichbim we / you m. pl. / they m. are extinguished | 🔊 נִכְבּוֹת nichbot we / you f. pl. / they f. are extinguished | |
| Past tense | 1st | 🔊 נִכְבֵּיתִי nichbeti I was extinguished | 🔊 נִכְבֵּינוּ nichbenu we were extinguished | ||
| 2nd | 🔊 נִכְבֵּיתָ nichbeta you m. sg. were extinguished | 🔊 נִכְבֵּית nichbet you f. sg. were extinguished | 🔊 נִכְבֵּיתֶם nichbetem you m. pl. were extinguished The ending is usually unstressed in spoken language: 🔊 נִכְבֵּיתֶם nichbetem | 🔊 נִכְבֵּיתֶן nichbeten you f. pl. were extinguished The ending is usually unstressed in spoken language: 🔊 נִכְבֵּיתֶן nichbeten | |
| 3rd | 🔊 נִכְבָּה nichba he / it was extinguished | 🔊 נִכְבְּתָה nichbeta she / it was extinguished | 🔊 נִכְבּוּ nichbu they were extinguished | ||
| Future tense | 1st | 🔊 אֶכָּבֶה ekave I will be extinguished | 🔊 נִכָּבֶה ~ ניכבה nikave we will be extinguished | ||
| 2nd | 🔊 תִּכָּבֶה ~ תיכבה tikave you m. sg. will be extinguished | 🔊 תִּכָּבִי ~ תיכבי tikavi you f. sg. will be extinguished | 🔊 תִּכָּבוּ ~ תיכבו tikavu you m. pl. will be extinguished | 🔊 תִּכָּבֶינָה ~ תיכבינה tikavena you f. pl. will be extinguished In modern language, the masculine form is generally used: 🔊 תִּכָּבוּ ~ תיכבו tikavu | |
| 3rd | 🔊 יִכָּבֶה ~ ייכבה yikave he / it will be extinguished | 🔊 תִּכָּבֶה ~ תיכבה tikave she / it will be extinguished | 🔊 יִכָּבוּ ~ ייכבו yikavu they m. will be extinguished | 🔊 תִּכָּבֶינָה ~ תיכבינה tikavena they f. will be extinguished In modern language, the masculine form is generally used: 🔊 יִכָּבוּ ~ ייכבו yikavu | |
| Imperative | 🔊 הִכָּבֵה! ~ היכבה! hikave! (to a man) be extinguished! | 🔊 הִכָּבִי! ~ היכבי! hikavi! (to a woman) be extinguished! | 🔊 הִכָּבוּ! ~ היכבו! hikavu! (to men) be extinguished! | 🔊 הִכָּבֶינָה! ~ היכבינה! hikavena! (to women) be extinguished! In modern language, the masculine form is generally used: 🔊 הִכָּבוּ! ~ היכבו! hikavu! | |
| Infinitive | 🔊 לְהִכָּבוֹת ~ להיכבות lehikavot to be extinguished | ||||
| Word | Root | Part of speech | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🔊 כַּבַּאיkabay | כ - ב - ה | Noun – kattal pattern, masculine | firefighter, fireman |
| 🔊 לִכְבּוֹתlichbot | כ - ב - ה | Verb – pa'al | to be extinguished, to stop burning, to go out (of a fire) |
| 🔊 לְכַבּוֹתlechabot | כ - ב - ה | Verb – pi'el | to extinguish; to turn off (a light, a machine) |
| 🔊 כִּיבּוּיkibuy | כ - ב - ה | Noun – kittul pattern, masculine | extinguishing (a fire), turning off (a light, a device) |
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