נְטִיָּה
Meanings
Feminine noun
1. A tendency, an inclination.
2. inflection (the linguistic phenomenon of morphological variation, whereby words take a number of distinct forms in order to express different grammatical features) (grammar, uncountable)
Pronunciation
n'tiyá
Examples20
יֵשׁ לָהֶם נְטִיָּה לְהַסְכִּים לכֹּל בַּקָּשָׁה.
They have a tendency to agree to every request.
יֵשׁ לוֹ נְטִיָּה להגזמות.
He has a tendency toward exaggeration.
בלָטִינִית יֶשְׁנָן חמש נְטִיּוֹת.
In Latin there are five declensions.
לתּוֹם יֵשׁ נְטִיָּה לְדַבֵּר חָזָק מִדַּי.
Tom has a tendency to talk too loudly.
למג יֵשׁ נְטִיָּה לשפות.
Meg has a facility for languages.
יֵשׁ לוֹ נְטִיָּה לאַלִּימוּת.
He's inclined to violence.