שפם

Hebrew

גבר גרמני עם שפם

gever germani im safam

a German man with a mustache

Root
שׂ־פ־ם (s-p-m)

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /saˈfam/

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Noun

שָׂפָם • (safám) m (plural indefinite שְׂפָמִים or שְׂפָמוֹת, singular construct שְׂפַם־) [pattern: קָטָל]

1. moustache
2. whiskers (e.g. of a cat)

Derived terms

• שְׂפַמְנוּן (sfamnún, “catfish”)

See also

• זָקָן (zakán, “beard”)

References

• “שפם” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• שפם on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he