תיקן

Hebrew

Etymology 1
Root
ת־ק־ן‎ (t-q-n)

Verb

תיקן / תִּקֵּן • (tikén) (pi'el construction, passive counterpart תוקן / תֻּקַּן‎)

  1. to repair
  2. to correct
  3. to improve, rehabilitate
  4. to reform
  5. to amend (legislation)
Conjugation
Conjugation of תיקן / תִּקֵּן (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first תיקנתי / תִּקַּנְתִּי‎תיקנו / תִּקַּנּוּ‎
second תיקנת / תִּקַּנְתָּ‎תיקנת / תִּקַּנְתְּ‎תיקנתם / תִּקַּנְתֶּם‎תיקנתן / תִּקַּנְתֶּן‎
third תיקן / תִּקֵּןתיקנה / תִּקְּנָה‎תיקנו / תִּקְּנוּ‎
present מְתַקֵּן‎מְתַקֶּנֶת‎מְתַקְּנִים‎מְתַקְּנוֹת‎
future first אֲתַקֵּן‎נְתַקֵּן‎
second תְּתַקֵּן‎תְּתַקְּנִי‎תְּתַקְּנוּ‎תְּתַקֵּנָּה‎1
third יְתַקֵּן‎תְּתַקֵּן‎יְתַקְּנוּ‎תְּתַקֵּנָּה‎1
imperative תַּקֵּן‎תַּקְּנִי‎תַּקְּנוּ‎תַּקֵּנָּה‎1
notes
  1. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Etymology 2

תִּיק‎ (tík, “bag”) +‎ ־ָן‎ (-án), due to the egg sack a cockroach carries. Perhaps inspired phonetically by Russian тарака́н (tarakán).

Noun

תִּיקָן • (tikán) m (plural indefinite תִּיקָנִים‎)

  1. cockroach
Synonyms
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