how to say “to denounce” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לגנות-1.m4a” /]לְגַנּוֹת
After the horrors of Paris Friday night, powers that be all around the world denounced the acts of terror.
The Hebrew word for to denounce is לגנות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לגנות-1.m4a” /]. The root is ג.נ.ה (g.n.h), but since the ה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לגנות-2.m4a” /] makes a weak sound and disappears in many conjugations, the feminine ות-[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לגנות-3.m4a” /] ends the word instead.
For example:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לגנות-4.m4a” /]אפילו ארגוני טרור אחרים גינו את המעשים של דאעש.
Even other terror organizations denounced the acts of ISIS.
לגנות comes from the Aramaic word גנאי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לגנות-5.m4a” /] – disgrace or shame.
