Hebrew Learning Guide
Adjectives

root חיב

חִיּוּבִי chiyuvi
חִיּוּבִית chiyuvit

positive

Adjective forms

masc. singular fem. singular masc. plural fem. plural
חִיּוּבִי chiyuvi
חִיּוּבִית chiyuvit
חִיּוּבִיִּים chiyuviyim
חִיּוּבִיּוֹת chiyuviyot

Notes

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

The first radical of this word is guttural; this affects the adjacent vowels.

Derived from חִיּוּב obligation, debit; positivity, agreement; conviction and ־ִי.

See also

  • Noun – hitkattlut pattern, feminine הִתְחַייְּבוּת liability, commitment, undertaking
  • Noun – masculine חוֹב debt
  • Verb – pa'al לָחוּב to owe, to be obliged
  • Noun – feminine חוֹבָה obligation; debt
  • Verb – pi'el לְחַייֵּב to charge, to require, to oblige, to force someone
  • Verb – hitpa'el לְהִתְחַייֵּב to commit, to undertake
  • Noun – kittul pattern, masculine חִיּוּב obligation, debit; positivity, agreement; conviction
  • Noun – masculine חִיּוּבִי positive
  • Noun – kattal pattern, masculine חַייָּב debtor
  • Adjective – kattal pattern חַייָּב must, should, bound, obliged
  • Adjective – mekuttal pattern מְחוּיָּב obliged, committed
  • Noun – feminine מְחוּיָּבוּת obligation, responsibility, commitment