צמח

to-infinitive: לצמוח / לִצְמֹחַ
action noun: צְמִיחָה
passive participle: —

Hebrew

Root
צ־מ־ח (ṣ-m-ḥ)

From the root צ־מ־ח (ts-m-kh).

צָמַח • (tsamákh) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

(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 of צָמַח (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)

finite forms		singular		plural
non-finite forms		to-infinitive: לצמוח / לִצְמֹחַ action noun: צְמִיחָה passive participle: —
finite forms		m.	f.	m.	f.
past	first	צָמַחְתִּי		צָמַחְנוּ
	second	צָמַחְתָּ	צָמַחְתְּ	צְמַחְתֶּם¹	צְמַחְתֶּן¹
	third	צָמַח	צָמְחָה	צָמְחוּ
present		צוֹמֵחַ	צוֹמַחַת	צוֹמְחִים	צוֹמְחוֹת
future	first	אֶצְמַח		נִצְמַח
	second	תִּצְמַח	תִּצְמְחִי	תִּצְמְחוּ	תִּצְמַחְנָה²
	third	יִצְמַח	תִּצְמַח	יִצְמְחוּ	תִּצְמַחְנָה²
imperative		צְמַח	צִמְחִי	צִמְחוּ	צְמַחְנָה²
notes		Pronounced צָמַחְתֶּם and צָמַחְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

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

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