צבע

Aramaic

Alternative forms

Verb

צְבַע • (ṣəbaʿ)

  1. to dip
  2. to moisten
  3. to dye, to color/colour

References
  • “ṣbˁ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–

Hebrew
Root
צ־ב־ע (ṣ-b-ʿ)

Etymology

Compare Arabic صَبَغَ (ṣabaḡa, “to dye”), Aramaic צְבַע (ṣəbaʿ, “to dip, to dye”), Akkadian 𒍝𒁍𒌑 (/⁠ṣabû⁠/, “to soak, to bathe”), Ge'ez ጸብኀ (ṣäbḫä, “to dip”).

Pronunciation

Noun

צֶבַע • (tsévaʿ) m (plural indefinite צְבָעִים) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. color, colour
  2. paint
  3. dye, colourant

Noun

צַבָּע • (tsabáʿ) m (plural indefinite צַבָּעִים, feminine counterpart צַבָּעִית) [pattern: קַטָּל]

  1. a (male) painter.

Verb

צָבַע • (tsaváʿ) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

  1. (he) painted; (he) colored, (he) dyed

Conjugation
Conjugation of צָבַע (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
  • to-infinitive: לצבוע / לִצְבֹּעַ
  • action noun: צְבִיעָה
  • passive participle: צָבוּעַ
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first צָבַעְתִּיצָבַעְנוּ
second צָבַעְתָּצָבַעְתְּצְבַעְתֶּם1צְבַעְתֶּן1
third צָבַעצָבְעָהצָבְעוּ
present צוֹבֵעַצוֹבַעַתצוֹבְעִיםצוֹבְעוֹת
future first אֶצְבַּענִצְבַּע
second תִּצְבַּעתִּצְבְּעִיתִּצְבְּעוּתִּצְבַּעְנָה2
third יִצְבַּעתִּצְבַּעיִצְבְּעוּתִּצְבַּעְנָה2
imperative צְבַעצִבְעִיצִבְעוּצְבַעְנָה2
notes
  1. Pronounced צָבַעְתֶּם and צָבַעְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Derived terms
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