Hebrew Learning Guide
Adjectives

root בכה

pattern KATLAN

בַּכְיָן bachyan
בַּכְיָנִית bachyanit

whiner, complainer; someone prone to weep (noun and adjective)

Adjective forms

masc. singular fem. singular masc. plural fem. plural
בַּכְיָן bachyan
בַּכְיָנִית bachyanit
בַּכְיָנִים bachyanim
בַּכְיָנִיּוֹת bachyaniyot

Notes

The final radical of this word disappears or turns into a vowel in inflected forms.

See also

  • Noun – ketel pattern, masculine בֶּכִי crying, weeping
  • Verb – pa'al לִבְכּוֹת to cry, to weep
  • Verb – pi'el לְבַכּוֹת to lament, to mourn for
  • Noun – ktila pattern, feminine בְּכִייָּה weeping
  • Verb – hitpa'el לְהִתְבַּכְייֵן to whine, to complain