כאב

Hebrew
Root
כ־א־ב‎ (k-ʾ-b)

Etymology

Compare Aramaic כֵּאבָא/כֵּיבָא‎ (kēḇā), Arabic كَئِبَ‎ (kaʔiba, “to be depressed, to be sad”), Maltese kiebi (“lachrymose, sad, melancholy”).

Noun

כְּאֵב • (ke'év) m (plural indefinite כְּאֵבִים‎)

  1. pain

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Verb

כָּאַב • (ka'áv) (pa'al construction)

  1. to hurt, ache

Conjugation
Conjugation of כָּאַב (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
  • to-infinitive: לכאוב / לִכְאֹב‎
  • action noun: —
  • passive participle: כָּאוּב‎
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first כָּאַבְתִּי‎כָּאַבְנוּ‎
second כָּאַבְתָּ‎כָּאַבְתְּ‎כְּאַבְתֶּם‎1כְּאַבְתֶּן‎1
third כָּאַבכָּאֲבָה‎כָּאֲבוּ‎
present כּוֹאֵב‎כּוֹאֶבֶת‎כּוֹאֲבִים‎כּוֹאֲבוֹת‎
future first אֶכְאַב‎נִכְאַב‎
second תִּכְאַב‎תִּכְאֲבִי‎תִּכְאֲבוּ‎תִּכְאַבְנָה‎2
third יִכְאַב‎תִּכְאַב‎יִכְאֲבוּ‎תִּכְאַבְנָה‎2
imperative כְּאַבכַּאֲבִי‎כַּאֲבוּ‎כְּאַבְנָה‎2
notes
  1. Pronounced כָּאַבְתֶּם‎ and כָּאַבְתֶּן‎ in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.
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