Hebrew Learning Guide
Adjectives

root ערב

מַעֲרָבִי ma'aravi
מַעֲרָבִית ma'aravit

western

Adjective forms

masc. singular fem. singular masc. plural fem. plural
מַעֲרָבִי ma'aravi
מַעֲרָבִית ma'aravit
מַעַרְבִיִּים ma'arviyim
מַעַרְבִיּוֹת ma'arviyot

Notes

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

Derived from מַעֲרָב west and ־ִי.

See also

  • Noun – hitkattlut pattern, feminine הִתְעָרְבוּת bet
  • Noun – hitkattlut pattern, feminine הִתְעָרְבוּת interfering, interference; intervention
  • Noun – miktal pattern, masculine מַעֲרָב west
  • Adverb מַעֲרָבָה to the west, westward
  • Noun – maktil pattern, masculine מַעֲרִיב evening prayer service (Judaism)
  • Noun – kotel pattern, masculine עוֹרֵב crow; raven
  • Noun – ketel pattern, masculine עֶרֶב evening; eve
  • Adjective – katel pattern עָרֵב pleasant; delicious (lit.)
  • Verb – pa'al לַעֲרוֹב to guarantee, to promise; to come (of evening, sunset)
  • Verb – pa'al עָרֵב to be pleasant (lit.)
  • Verb – pi'el לְעָרֵב to involve, to implicate (someone in something)
  • Verb – hitpa'el לְהִתְעָרֵב to interrupt, to interfere; to make a bet
  • Noun – ktala pattern, feminine עֲרָבָה willow
  • Noun – katlut pattern, feminine עַרְבוּת guarantee, undertaking
  • Noun – ktulla pattern, feminine עֲרוּבָּה guarantee