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Verb Conjugation To reduce, to diminish, to shear לִגְרוֹעַ

Verb
Root:

ג - ר - ע

The final radical of this word is guttural; this affects the adjacent vowels.

to reduce, to diminish, to shear

Singular

Plural

Word Form

Person

Masculine

Feminine

Masculine

Feminine

Present Tense

גּוֹרֵעַ

gorea

I / you m. sg. / he / it reduce(s)

גּוֹרַעַת

gora'at

I / you f. sg. / she / it reduce(s)

גּוֹרְעִים

gor'im

we / you m. pl. / they m. reduce

גּוֹרְעוֹת

gor'ot

we / you f. pl. / they f. reduce

Past Tense

1st

גָּרַעְתִּי

garati

I reduced

גָּרַעְנוּ

garanu

we reduced

2nd

גָּרַעְתָּ

garata

you m. sg. reduced

גָּרַעְתְּ

garat

you f. sg. reduced

גְּרַעְתֶּם

gra'atem

you m. pl. reduced

גְּרַעְתֶּן

gra'aten

you f. pl. reduced

3rd

גָּרַע

gara

he / it reduced

גָּרְעָה

gar'a

she / it reduced

גָּרְעוּ

gar'u

they reduced

Future Tense

1st

אֶגְרַע

egra

I will reduce

נִגְרַע

nigra

we will reduce

2nd

תִּגְרַע

tigra

you m. sg. will reduce

תִּגְרְעִי

tigre'i

you f. sg. will reduce

תִּגְרְעוּ

tigre'u

you m. pl. will reduce

תִּגְרַעְנָה

tigrana

you f. pl. will reduce

3rd

יִגְרַע

yigra

he / it will reduce

תִּגְרַע

tigra

she / it will reduce

יִגְרְעוּ

yigre'u

they m. will reduce

תִּגְרַעְנָה

tigrana

they f. will reduce

Imperative

גְּרַע!‏

gra!

(to a man) reduce!

גִּרְעִי!‏

gir'i!

(to a woman) reduce!

גִּרְעוּ!‏

gir'u!

(to men) reduce!

גְּרַעְנָה!‏

grana!

(to women) reduce!

Infinitive

לִגְרֹעַ ~ לגרוע

ligroa

to reduce