HebrewEdit

EtymologyEdit

Root
צ־מ־ח(ṣ-m-ḥ)

From the root צ־מ־ח(ts-m-kh).

Pronunciation 1Edit

VerbEdit

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.
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Pronunciation 2Edit

NounEdit

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

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