גחן

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
ג־ח־ן (g-kh-n)
2 terms

Compare Aramaic גְּחַן, Aramaic גְּחֵין, and Arabic جَنَحَ (janaḥa).

Pronunciation 1

Verb

גָּחַן • (gakhán) (pa'al construction)

  1. to bow, to bend down, to stoop, to crouch
    Synonym: הִתְכּוֹפֵף (hitkoféf)

Conjugation

Conjugation of גָּחַן (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms to-infinitive לגחון / לִגְחֹן
action noun גְּחִינָה
passive participle גָּחוּן
finite forms singular plural
m f m f
past first גָּחַנְתִּי גָּחַנּוּ
second גָּחַנְתָּ גָּחַנְתְּ גְּחַנְתֶּם1 גְּחַנְתֶּן1
third גָּחַן גָּחֲנָה גָּחֲנוּ
present גּוֹחֵן גּוֹחֶנֶת גּוֹחֲנִים גּוֹחֲנוֹת
future first אֶגְחַן נִגְחַן
second תִּגְחַן תִּגְחֲנִי תִּגְחֲנוּ תִּגְחַנָּה2
third יִגְחַן תִּגְחַן יִגְחֲנוּ תִּגְחַנָּה2
imperative positive גְּחַן גַּחֲנִי גַּחֲנוּ גְּחַנָּה2
negative אַל + Second person future tense

1 Pronounced גָּחַנְתֶּם and גָּחַנְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
2 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Etymology 2

Coined by zoologist Israel Aharoni, from גָּחַן

Pronunciation 2

Noun

גָּחָן • (gakhán) m [pattern: קָטָל]

  1. genet (member of Genetta)

Declension

Declension of גָּחָן
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
Number: State: form Person: singular plural
m f m f
singular indefinite גָּחָן first גְּחָנִי גְּחָנֵנוּ
definite הַגָּחָן second גְּחָנְךָ גְּחָנֵךְ גְּחַנְכֶם גְּחַנְכֶן
construct גְּחַן־ third גְּחָנוֹ גְּחָנָהּ גְּחָנָם גְּחָנָן
plural indefinite גְּחָנִים first גחניי / גְּחָנַי גְּחָנֵינוּ
definite הַגְּחָנִים second גְּחָנֶיךָ גחנייך / גְּחָנַיִךְ גַּחֲנֵיכֶם גַּחֲנֵיכֶן
construct גַּחֲנֵי־ third גְּחָנָיו גְּחָנֶיהָ גַּחֲנֵיהֶם גַּחֲנֵיהֶן

References

  • “גחן” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
  • “גחן”, in Milog (in Hebrew)
  • Klein, Ernest (1987), “גחן”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 97
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