"מצא" meaning in All languages combined

See מצא on Wiktionary

Verb [Aramaic]

Head templates: {{head|arc|verbs}} מצא • (transliteration needed)
  1. to be able
    Sense id: en-מצא-arc-verb-p4bC2ilZ Categories (other): Aramaic entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Verb [Hebrew]

IPA: /maˈt͡sa/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew] Audio: LL-Q9288 (heb)-YaronSh-מצא.wav
Etymology: Compare Ge'ez መጽአ (mäṣʾä, “to come”). Etymology templates: {{he-rootbox|מ־צ־א}}, {{cog|gez|መጽአ|t=to come}} Ge'ez መጽአ (mäṣʾä, “to come”) Head templates: {{he-verb|pa|pass=נִמְצָא|tr=matsá|wv=מָצָא|ל=א}} מָצָא • (matsá) (pa'al construction, passive counterpart נִמְצָא) Inflection templates: {{he-conj|pa|מצא}} Forms: מָצָא [canonical], matsá [romanization], נִמְצָא [passive], no-table-tags [table-tags], למצוא [error-unrecognized-form], לִמְצֹא [error-unrecognized-form], מְצִיאָה [noun-from-verb], מָצוּא [participle, passive], מָצָאתִי [feminine, first-person, masculine, past, singular], מָצָאנוּ [feminine, first-person, masculine, past, plural], מָצָאתָ [masculine, past, second-person, singular], מָצָאת [feminine, past, second-person, singular], מְצָאתֶם [masculine, past, plural, second-person], מְצָאתֶן [feminine, past, plural, second-person], מָצָא [masculine, past, singular, third-person], מָצְאָה [feminine, past, singular, third-person], מָצְאוּ [feminine, masculine, past, plural, third-person], מוֹצֵא [masculine, present, singular], מוֹצֵאת [feminine, present, singular], מוֹצְאִים [masculine, plural, present], מוֹצְאוֹת [feminine, plural, present], אֶמְצָא [feminine, first-person, future, masculine, singular], נִמְצָא [feminine, first-person, future, masculine, plural], תִּמְצָא [future, masculine, second-person, singular], תִּמְצְאִי [feminine, future, second-person, singular], תִּמְצְאוּ [future, masculine, plural, second-person], תִּמְצֶאנָה [feminine, future, plural, second-person], יִמְצָא [future, masculine, singular, third-person], תִּמְצָא [feminine, future, singular, third-person], יִמְצְאוּ [future, masculine, plural, third-person], תִּמְצֶאנָה [feminine, future, plural, third-person], מְצָא [imperative, masculine, singular], מִצְאִי [feminine, imperative, singular], מִצְאוּ [imperative, masculine, plural], מְצֶאנָה [feminine, imperative, plural]
  1. to find Tags: construction-pa'al Derived forms: מצא חן בעיני
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    },
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      "form": "מִצְאִי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מִצְאוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מְצֶאנָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pa",
        "pass": "נִמְצָא",
        "tr": "matsá",
        "wv": "מָצָא",
        "ל": "א"
      },
      "expansion": "מָצָא • (matsá) (pa'al construction, passive counterpart נִמְצָא)",
      "name": "he-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pa",
        "2": "מצא"
      },
      "name": "he-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
        "Hebrew lemmas",
        "Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Hebrew pa'al verbs",
        "Hebrew terms belonging to the root מ־צ־א",
        "Hebrew verbs",
        "Hebrew ל״א pa'al verbs",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to find"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "find",
          "find"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pa'al"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/maˈt͡sa/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q9288 (heb)-YaronSh-מצא.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/25/LL-Q9288_%28heb%29-YaronSh-%D7%9E%D7%A6%D7%90.wav/LL-Q9288_%28heb%29-YaronSh-%D7%9E%D7%A6%D7%90.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/25/LL-Q9288_%28heb%29-YaronSh-%D7%9E%D7%A6%D7%90.wav/LL-Q9288_%28heb%29-YaronSh-%D7%9E%D7%A6%D7%90.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "מצא"
}

Download raw JSONL data for מצא meaning in All languages combined (5.7kB)

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'to-infinitive'",
  "path": [
    "מצא"
  ],
  "section": "Hebrew",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "מצא",
  "trace": ""
}

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