צמח

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
צ־מ־ח (ts-m-kh)

From the root צ־מ־ח (ts-m-kh).

Pronunciation 1

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

Verb

צָמַח • (tsamákh) (pa'al construction)

1. (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

Conjugation of צָמַח (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 

non-finite forms		to-infinitive: לצמוח / לִצְמֹחַ action noun: צְמִיחָה passive participle: —
finite forms		singular		plural
		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.

Pronunciation 2

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡se.max/
• (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡se.maħ/
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈsˤeː.mæħ/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈsˤɛ.maħ/

Noun

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

1. (botany) plant (an organism of the kingdom Plantae)
2. A vegetable: a person in a vegetative state due to brain damage.

Derived terms

• צִמְחוֹנִי (vegetarian, “tsimkhoní”)
• אוֹכֵל צְמָחִים (herbivore, “okhél tsemakhím”)

Further reading

• צמח (פירושונים) on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

References

• H6779 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Anagrams

• ח־מ־ץ