נכווה

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Hebrew

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Root
כ־ו־ה (k-w-h)

Verb

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נכווה / נִכְוָה (nikhvá) third-singular masculine past (nif'al construction)

  1. (literally and figuratively) to get burned, to burn oneself
    • 2015, Claire Keegan, ללכת בשדות הכחולים, Zikit Publishing House, translation of Walk the Blue Fields (in English), →ISBN:
      החשמל עדיין לא חזר. הוא הרתיח מים על הכיריים וכמעט נכווה.
      [original: Electricity has not yet returned. He boiled water on the stove and almost got burned.]

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