ספק
Aramaic
editVerb
editספק • (transliteration needed)
- to be sufficient
- to be empty, to be cleaned out
Hebrew
editEtymology 1
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ס־פ־ק (s-p-q) |
From the root ס־פ־ק (s-p-q, “Forming words pertaining to doubt and skepticism.”).
Noun
editסָפֵק • (safék) m (plural indefinite סְפֵקוֹת, singular construct ספק־)
- (countable and uncountable) doubt, uncertainty.
- 2007 June 22, ג'קי חורי (J. Khouri), "שופט: ספק אם החשודים ברצח נתן זאדה יואשמו", Haaretz, headline,[1]
- שופט: ספק אם החשודים ברצח נתן זאדה יואשמו
- Shofét: Safék im hakhashudím barétzakh Natán Záde yuashmú
- Judge: Doubt whether the suspects in the murder of Natan Zade will be found guilty
- 2018, Ofer Matan, Sicha Mekomit, "אמרתי לעצמי שאנחנו לא מתנחלים. אנחנו משהו אחר":
- אנחנו לא התנחלות, אבא היה אומר, והספק שלי תמיד היה שם.
- Anakhnu lo hitnakhlut, aba haya omer, vehasafek sheli tamid haya sham.
- We're not a settlement, dad would say, but my doubt was always there.
- 2007 June 22, ג'קי חורי (J. Khouri), "שופט: ספק אם החשודים ברצח נתן זאדה יואשמו", Haaretz, headline,[1]
Descendants
edit- → Yiddish: ספֿק (sofek)
Etymology 2
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ס־פ־ק (s-p-q) |
From the root ס־פ־ק (s-p-q, “Forming words pertaining to sufficing or to flow and capacity.”).
Noun
editסַפָּק • (sapák) m (plural indefinite סַפָּקִים, feminine counterpart סַפָּקִית) [pattern: קַטָּל]
Verb
editסִפֵּק • (sipék) (pi'el construction)
Verb
editסֻפַּק • (transliteration needed) (pu'al construction)
Etymology 3
editPossibly imitative. Compare with spank.
Verb
editסָפַק • (transliteration needed) (pa'al construction)
Conjugation
editConjugation of סָפַק (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
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past | first | סָפַקְתִּי | סָפַקְנוּ | ||
second | סָפַקְתָּ | סָפַקְתְּ | סְפַקְתֶּם1 | סְפַקְתֶּן1 | |
third | סָפַק | סָפְקָה | סָפְקוּ | ||
present | סוֹפֵק | סוֹפֶקֶת | סוֹפְקִים | סוֹפְקוֹת | |
future | first | אספוק / אֶסְפֹּק | נספוק / נִסְפֹּק | ||
second | תספוק / תִּסְפֹּק | תִּסְפְּקִי | תִּסְפְּקוּ | תספוקנה / תִּסְפֹּקְנָה2 | |
third | יספוק / יִסְפֹּק | תספוק / תִּסְפֹּק | יִסְפְּקוּ | תספוקנה / תִּסְפֹּקְנָה2 | |
imperative | ספוק / סְפֹק | סִפְקִי | סִפְקוּ | ספוקנה / סְפֹקְנָה2 | |
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References
edit- ^ Parma, Biblioteca Palatina, 563 (1541) at Ma'agarim the Academy of the Hebrew Language's textual database.
Anagrams
editYiddish
editNoun
editספק • (sofek) m, plural ספקות (sfeykes)
- (nonstandard) Unpointed form of ספֿק (sofek, “doubt”).
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