זנח

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Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ז־נ־ח (z-n-kh)

Compare Arabic نَزَحَ (nazaḥa).

Verb

זָנַח (zanákh) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

  1. to abandon, to desert, to leave
    • 1938, Nathan Alterman, Still the Tune Returns 1–2
      עוד חוזר הניגון שזנחת לשווא \ והדרך עודנה נפקחת לאורך
      'od khozér hanigún shezanakhtá lasháv / vehadérekh 'odéna nifkakhát laórekh
      Still the tune returns, which you abandoned in vain / and the way still opens throughout

Conjugation