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צמח

צמח

Hebrew

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

Pronunciation 2

Noun

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

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

References

Anagrams

  • ח־מ־צ