טבע

See also: טבֿע

Aramaic

Verb

טבע • (ṭəḇaʿ)

1. to sink, to drown
2. to stamp, to seal

Descendants

• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܛܒܥ (ṭāḇēˁ)

Hebrew

טבע

Etymology 1

Root
ט־ב־ע (ṭ-b-ʿ)
8 terms

Cognate with Arabic طَبْع (ṭabʕ).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈteva/

Noun

טֶבַע • (téva) m [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. nature (the natural world and its order)
2. nature (essential characteristics)
   • דניאלה ספקטור, גני גנים

     בואי אל גני גנים — תראי טבע שלי

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of טֶבַע

	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
Number:	State:	form	Person:	singular		plural
				m	f	m	f
singular	indefinite	טֶבַע	first	טִבְעִי		טִבְעֵנוּ
	definite	הַטֶּבַע	second	טִבְעֲךָ	טִבְעֵךְ	טִבְעֲכֶם	טִבְעֲכֶן
	construct	טֶבַע־	third	טִבְעוֹ	טִבְעָהּ	טִבְעָם	טִבְעָן

Derived terms

• חיק הטבע (khék hatéva)
• טִבְעוֹנִי (tiv'oní)
• טִבְעִי (tiv'í)
• מִטֶּבַע הַדְּבָרִים (mitéva had'varím)

References

• “טבע” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
• "טבע" in the Noun Declension Tables of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• טבע on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

Etymology 2

Root
ט־ב־ע (ṭ-b-ʿ)
8 terms

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /taˈva/

Verb

טָבַע • (tavá) (pa'al construction)

1. (intransitive) to drown; to sink

Conjugation

Conjugation of טָבַע (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)

non-finite forms		to-infinitive		לטבוע / לִטְבֹּעַ
		action noun		טְבִיעָה
		passive participle		טָבוּעַ
finite forms		singular		plural
		m	f	m	f
past	first	טָבַעְתִּי		טָבַעְנוּ
	second	טָבַעְתָּ	טָבַעְתְּ	טְבַעְתֶּם1	טְבַעְתֶּן1
	third	טָבַע	טָבְעָה	טָבְעוּ
present		טוֹבֵעַ	טוֹבַעַת	טוֹבְעִים	טוֹבְעוֹת
future	first	אֶטְבַּע		נִטְבַּע
	second	תִּטְבַּע	תִּטְבְּעִי	תִּטְבְּעוּ	תִּטְבַּעְנָה2
	third	יִטְבַּע	תִּטְבַּע	יִטְבְּעוּ	תִּטְבַּעְנָה2
imperative	positive	טְבַע	טִבְעִי	טִבְעוּ	טְבַעְנָה2
	negative	אַל + Second person future tense

¹ Pronounced טָבַעְתֶּם and טָבַעְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
² Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Derived terms

• הִטְבִּיעַ (hitbía, “to drown”, transitive)

Anagrams

• בעט