צמח

Hebrew

Etymology
Root
צ־מ־ח‎ (ṣ-m-ḥ)

From the root צ־מ־ח‎ (ts-m-kh).

Pronunciation 1

Verb

צָמַח • (tsamákh) (pa'al construction)

  1. (Can we clean up(+) this sense?) To sprout, grow; to bring forth
    • 2011, סולינה (Sulina; a pseudonym), quoted in ליאת שלזינגר (Liat Schlessinger), “המין השלישי: היציאה מהארון של האינטרסקס‎” (hamín hash'lishí: hay'tsi'á meiha'arón shel ha'ínterseks, “The third sex: The coming out of intersex people”), in nrgמעריב‎, 2011 May 13:
      אצלי בגיל הזה התחיל לצמוח שיער על החזה.‎
      etslí bagíl hazé hitkhíl litsmóakh se'ár al hakhazé.
      Me at that age, hair started to grow on my chest.
Conjugation
Conjugation of צָמַח (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
  • to-infinitive: לצמוח / לִצְמֹחַ‎
  • action noun: צְמִיחָה‎
  • passive participle: —
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first צָמַחְתִּי‎צָמַחְנוּ‎
second צָמַחְתָּ‎צָמַחְתְּ‎צְמַחְתֶּם‎1צְמַחְתֶּן‎1
third צָמַחצָמְחָה‎צָמְחוּ‎
present צוֹמֵחַ‎צוֹמַחַת‎צוֹמְחִים‎צוֹמְחוֹת‎
future first אֶצְמַח‎נִצְמַח‎
second תִּצְמַח‎תִּצְמְחִי‎תִּצְמְחוּ‎תִּצְמַחְנָה‎2
third יִצְמַח‎תִּצְמַח‎יִצְמְחוּ‎תִּצְמַחְנָה‎2
imperative צְמַחצִמְחִי‎צִמְחוּ‎צְמַחְנָה‎2
notes
  1. Pronounced צָמַחְתֶּם‎ and צָמַחְתֶּן‎ in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Pronunciation 2

Noun

צֶמַח • (tsémakh) m (plural indefinite צְמָחִים‎, singular construct צֶמַח־, plural construct צִמְחֵי־‎) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. (botany) A plant: an organism of kingdom Plantae.
  2. A vegetable: a person in a vegetative state due to brain damage.
Derived terms
  • צִמְחוֹנִי‎ (vegetarian, “tsimkhoní”)
  • אוֹכֵל צְמָחִים‎ (herbivore, “okhél tsemakhím”)

Further reading

References

Anagrams
  • ח־מ־צ‎
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