ספג

Hebrew

Etymology
Root
ס־פ־ג‎

Formed in Mishnaic times from סְפוֹג‎ (s'fóg, “sponge”), from Ancient Greek σπόγγος (spóngos) or σφόγγος (sphóngos).

Verb

סָפַג • (safág) (pa'al construction)

  1. to absorb ("to suck up or drink in").
  2. to absorb ("to include so that it no longer has separate existence").
  3. to receive something negative.
    ‏הסרט ספג הרבה ביקורות רעות.‎‎ ― The film received a lot of bad reviews. ― haséret safág harbé bikórót raút.
  4. (sports) to have a goal capture by the opposing team (in sports such as football or hockey.)

Conjugation
Conjugation of סָפַג (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
  • to-infinitive: לספוג \ לִסְפֹּג‎
  • action noun: סְפִיגָה‎
  • passive participle: סָפוּג‎
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first סָפַגְתִּי‎סָפַגְנוּ‎
second סָפַגְתָּ‎סָפַגְתְּ‎סְפַגְתֶּם‎1סְפַגְתֶּן‎1
third סָפַגסָפְגָה‎סָפְגוּ‎
present סוֹפֵג‎סוֹפֶגֶת‎סוֹפְגִים‎סוֹפְגוֹת‎
future first אספוג \ אֶסְפֹּג‎נספוג \ נִסְפֹּג‎
second תספוג \ תִּסְפֹּג‎תִּסְפְּגִי‎תִּסְפְּגוּ‎תספוגנה \ תִּסְפֹּגְנָה‎2
third יספוג \ יִסְפֹּג‎תספוג \ תִּסְפֹּג‎יִסְפְּגוּ‎תספוגנה \ תִּסְפֹּגְנָה‎2
imperative ספוג \ סְפֹג‎סִפְגִי‎סִפְגוּ‎ספוגנה \ סְפֹגְנָה‎2
notes
  1. Pronounced סָפַגְתֶּם‎ and סָפַגְתֶּן‎ in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Uncommon in Modern Hebrew.

See also
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