שפם

Hebrew

‏גבר גרמני עם שפם‎

gever germani im safam

a German man with a mustache

Root
שׂ־פ־ם‎ (ś-p-m)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

שָׂפָם • (safám) m (plural indefinite שְׂפָמִים‎ or שְׂפָמוֹת‎, singular construct שְׂפַם־)

mustache
whiskers (e.g. of a cat)

Derived terms

שְׂפַמְנוּן‎ (s'famnun, “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

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