"ליטף" meaning in Hebrew

See ליטף in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Etymology: Coined by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda in 1904, from Arabic لَطَّفَ (laṭṭafa) Etymology templates: {{he-rootbox|ל־ט־ף}}, {{coin|he|Eliezer Ben-Yehuda|in=1904}} Coined by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda in 1904, {{bor|he|ar|لَطَّفَ|tr=laṭṭafa}} Arabic لَطَّفَ (laṭṭafa) Head templates: {{he-verb|pi|dwv=לִטֵּף|sort=לטף|tr=litéf}} ליטף / לִטֵּף • (litéf) (pi'el construction) Inflection templates: {{he-conj|pi|לטף}} Forms: לִטֵּף [canonical], litéf [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], לְלַטֵּף [error-unrecognized-form], ליטוף [noun-from-verb], לִטּוּף [noun-from-verb], ליטפתי [feminine, first-person, masculine, past, singular], לִטַּפְתִּי [feminine, first-person, masculine, past, singular], ליטפנו [feminine, first-person, masculine, past, plural], לִטַּפְנוּ [feminine, first-person, masculine, past, plural], ליטפת [masculine, past, second-person, singular], לִטַּפְתָּ [masculine, past, second-person, singular], ליטפת [feminine, past, second-person, singular], לִטַּפְתְּ [feminine, past, second-person, singular], ליטפתם [masculine, past, plural, second-person], לִטַּפְתֶּם [masculine, past, plural, second-person], ליטפתן [feminine, past, plural, second-person], לִטַּפְתֶּן [feminine, past, plural, second-person], ליטף [masculine, past, singular, third-person], לִטֵּף [masculine, past, singular, third-person], ליטפה [feminine, past, singular, third-person], לִטְּפָה [feminine, past, singular, third-person], ליטפו [feminine, masculine, past, plural, third-person], לִטְּפוּ [feminine, masculine, past, plural, third-person], מְלַטֵּף [masculine, present, singular], מְלַטֶּפֶת [feminine, present, singular], מְלַטְּפִים [masculine, plural, present], מְלַטְּפוֹת [feminine, plural, present], אֲלַטֵּף [feminine, first-person, future, masculine, singular], נְלַטֵּף [feminine, first-person, future, masculine, plural], תְּלַטֵּף [future, masculine, second-person, singular], תְּלַטְּפִי [feminine, future, second-person, singular], תְּלַטְּפוּ [future, masculine, plural, second-person], תְּלַטֵּפְנָה [feminine, future, plural, second-person], יְלַטֵּף [future, masculine, singular, third-person], תְּלַטֵּף [feminine, future, singular, third-person], יְלַטְּפוּ [future, masculine, plural, third-person], תְּלַטֵּפְנָה [feminine, future, plural, third-person], לַטֵּף [imperative, masculine, singular], לַטְּפִי [feminine, imperative, singular], לַטְּפוּ [imperative, masculine, plural], לַטֵּפְנָה [feminine, imperative, plural]
  1. to pet, stroke, caress Tags: construction-pi'el
    Sense id: en-ליטף-he-verb-30pmUHtJ Categories (other): Arabic terms with redundant transliterations, Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters, Hebrew terms belonging to the root ל־ט־ף, Hebrew terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
     
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      "form": "מְלַטֵּף",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "מְלַטֶּפֶת",
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        "singular"
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        "second-person"
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        "third-person"
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        "third-person"
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        "third-person"
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        "plural",
        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "לַטֵּפְנָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
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  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "english": "All soldiers want their mother to stroke their hair.",
          "text": "בני אלבז – ״כל החיילים חוזרים הביתה״. מילים ולחן: אריה פרננד.\nכל החיילים רוצים לאמא שתלטף שיער ראשם",
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        "present",
        "singular"
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      "form": "מְלַטֶּפֶת",
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        "feminine",
        "present",
        "singular"
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    {
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    },
    {
      "form": "אֲלַטֵּף",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְלַטֵּף",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תְּלַטֵּף",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תְּלַטְּפִי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תְּלַטְּפוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תְּלַטֵּפְנָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יְלַטֵּף",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תְּלַטֵּף",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יְלַטְּפוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תְּלַטֵּפְנָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לַטֵּף",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לַטְּפִי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לַטְּפוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לַטֵּפְנָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pi",
        "dwv": "לִטֵּף",
        "sort": "לטף",
        "tr": "litéf"
      },
      "expansion": "ליטף / לִטֵּף • (litéf) (pi'el construction)",
      "name": "he-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pi",
        "2": "לטף"
      },
      "name": "he-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Arabic terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Hebrew coinages",
        "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
        "Hebrew lemmas",
        "Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Hebrew pi'el verbs",
        "Hebrew terms belonging to the root ל־ט־ף",
        "Hebrew terms borrowed from Arabic",
        "Hebrew terms coined by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda",
        "Hebrew terms derived from Arabic",
        "Hebrew terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Hebrew terms with quotations",
        "Hebrew verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Requests for transliteration of Hebrew quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "All soldiers want their mother to stroke their hair.",
          "text": "בני אלבז – ״כל החיילים חוזרים הביתה״. מילים ולחן: אריה פרננד.\nכל החיילים רוצים לאמא שתלטף שיער ראשם",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to pet, stroke, caress"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pet",
          "pet"
        ],
        [
          "stroke",
          "stroke"
        ],
        [
          "caress",
          "caress"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pi'el"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ליטף"
}

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

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