צען

Hebrew

Etymology
Root
צ־ע־ן (ṣ-ʿ-n)

Related to Aramaic טְעַן (ṭəʿan) and Arabic ظَعَنَ (ẓaʕana).

Pronunciation
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Verb

צָעַן • (tsa'án) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

  1. to wander

Conjugation
Conjugation of צָעַן (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
  • to-infinitive: לצעון / לִצְעֹן
  • action noun: —
  • passive participle: —
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first צָעַנְתִּיצָעַנּוּ
second צָעַנְתָּצָעַנְתְּצְעַנְתֶּם1צְעַנְתֶּן1
third צָעַןצָעֲנָהצָעֲנוּ
present צוֹעֵןצוֹעֶנֶתצוֹעֲנִיםצוֹעֲנוֹת
future first אֶצְעַןנִצְעַן
second תִּצְעַןתִּצְעֲנִיתִּצְעֲנוּתִּצְעַנָּה2
third יִצְעַןתִּצְעַןיִצְעֲנוּתִּצְעַנָּה2
imperative צְעַןצַעֲנִיצַעֲנוּצְעַנָּה2
notes
  1. Pronounced צָעַנְתֶּם and צָעַנְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

References

Yiddish
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    Cardinal: צען (tsen)
    Ordinal: צענט (tsent)
    Fractional: צענטל (tsentl)

Etymology

From Middle High German zehen, from Old High German zehan, from Proto-West Germanic *tehun, from Proto-Germanic *tehun, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ (“ten”).

Pronunciation
  • (YIVO, Litvish) IPA(key): /t͡sɛn/
  • (Netherlandic) IPA(key): /t͡seːn/
  • (Poylish) IPA(key): /t͡seːn/, /t͡seɪ̯n/
  • (Ukrainish) IPA(key): /t͡sɛɪ̯n/, /t͡sin/

Numeral

צען • (tsen)

  1. ten

Derived terms
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