כאב

to-infinitive: <a href="/w/index.php?title=%D7%9C%D7%9B%D7%90%D7%95%D7%91&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="לכאוב (page does not exist)">לכאוב / לִכְאֹב
action noun: —
passive participle: כָּאוּב

Hebrew edit

Root
כ־א־ב (k-ʾ-b)

Compare Aramaic כֵּאבָא/כֵּיבָא (kēḇā), Arabic كَئِبَ (kaʔiba, “to be depressed, to be sad”), Maltese kiebi (“lachrymose, sad, melancholy”).

כְּאֵב • (ke'év) m (plural indefinite כְּאֵבִים)

כָּאַב • (ka'áv) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

Conjugation of כָּאַב (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)

finite forms		singular		plural
non-finite forms		to-infinitive: לכאוב / לִכְאֹב action noun: — passive participle: כָּאוּב
finite forms		m.	f.	m.	f.
past	first	כָּאַבְתִּי		כָּאַבְנוּ
	second	כָּאַבְתָּ	כָּאַבְתְּ	כְּאַבְתֶּם¹	כְּאַבְתֶּן¹
	third	כָּאַב	כָּאֲבָה	כָּאֲבוּ
present		כּוֹאֵב	כּוֹאֶבֶת	כּוֹאֲבִים	כּוֹאֲבוֹת
future	first	אֶכְאַב		נִכְאַב
	second	תִּכְאַב	תִּכְאֲבִי	תִּכְאֲבוּ	תִּכְאַבְנָה²
	third	יִכְאַב	תִּכְאַב	יִכְאֲבוּ	תִּכְאַבְנָה²
imperative		כְּאַב	כַּאֲבִי	כַּאֲבוּ	כְּאַבְנָה²
notes		Pronounced כָּאַבְתֶּם and כָּאַבְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew. Rare in Modern Hebrew.