פצה

Hebrew
Root
פ־צ־ה (p-ṣ-h)

Etymology

Possibly related to Arabic فَصُحَ (faṣuḥa, “to be eloquent, to speak clearly”).

Verb

פָּצָה • (patsá) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

  1. To open one's mouth (usually to speak).
    • Deuteronomy 11:6,
      פָּצְתָה הָאָרֶץ אֶת-פִּיהָ
      the earth opened its mouth

Conjugation
Conjugation of פָּצָה (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
  • to-infinitive: לִפְצוֹת
  • action noun: —
  • passive participle: —
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first פָּצִיתִיפָּצִינוּ
second פָּצִיתָפָּצִיתפְּצִיתֶם1פְּצִיתֶן1
third פָּצָהפָּצְתָהפָּצוּ
present פּוֹצֶהפּוֹצָהפּוֹצִיםפּוֹצוֹת
future first אֶפְצֶהנִפְצֶה
second תִּפְצֶהתִּפְצִיתִּפְצוּתִּפְצֶינָה2
third יִפְצֶהתִּפְצֶהיִפְצוּתִּפְצֶינָה2
imperative פְּצֵהפְּצִיפְּצוּפְּצֶינָה2
notes
  1. Pronounced פָּצִיתֶם and פָּצִיתֶן in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

See also
  • פָּצָה פִּיו (“opened his mouth”)

Verb

פִּצָּה • (pitsá) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of פִּיצָּה.

Verb

פֻּצָּה • (putsá) third-singular masculine past (pu'al construction)

  1. defective spelling of פּוּצָּה.
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