נכה
Hebrew
| Root |
|---|
| נ־כ־ה (n-k-h) |
| 5 terms |
Etymology
Compare with Arabic نَكَى (nakā, “to vex, hurt, upset”)
Pronunciation
- Homophone: ניקה (niká)
Verb
נִכָּה • (nika) (pi'el construction)
- defective spelling of ניכה
Noun
נָכֶה • (nakhé) m (feminine counterpart נָכָה)
- A cripple.
- עֲבוּר הנָכִים.
- for the disabled (normally written next to the seats reserved for disabled people)
Usage notes
Commonly pronounced nekhé (pl. nekhím) in modern Hebrew.
Declension
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number: | State: | form | Person: | singular | plural | ||
| m | f | m | f | ||||
| singular | indefinite | נָכֶה | first | נָכִי | נָכֵנוּ | ||
| definite | הַנָּכֶה | second | נָכֶךָ | נָכֵךְ | נְכֵֵכֶם | נְכֵֵכֶן | |
| construct | נְכֵה־ | third | נָכֵהוּ | נָכֶהָ | נְכֵֵהֶם | נְכֵֵהֶן | |
| singular | indefinite | נָכֶה | first | נָכִי | נָכֵנוּ | ||
| definite | הַנָּכֶה | second | נָכְךָ | נָכֵךְ | נַכְכֶם | נַכְכֶן | |
| construct | נְכֵה־ | third | נָכוֹ | נָכָהּ | נָכָם | נָכָן | |
| plural | indefinite | נָכִים | first | נכיי / נָכַי | נָכֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הַנָּכִים | second | נָכֶיךָ | נכייך / נָכַיִךְ | נְכֵיכֶם | נְכֵיכֶן | |
| construct | נְכֵי־ | third | נָכָיו | נָכֶיהָ | נְכֵיהֶם | נְכֵיהֶן | |
References
- H5221 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- "נכה" in the Noun Declension Tables of the Academy of Hebrew Language