פאה
See also: פּאַה and פּאה
Hebrew
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *piʔat-.
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /peˈ(ʔ)a/
- (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA(key): /peɪ̯ˈɔ/
- (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA(key): /peˈa/
- (Tiberian Hebrew, Yemenite Hebrew) IPA(key): /peˈʔːɔ/
- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /peːˈʔɑː/
Noun
פֵּאָה • (pe'á, pēʾâ) f (plural indefinite פֵּאוֹת, singular construct פְּאַת־, plural construct פְּאוֹת־)
- a wig
- בימי הביניים נהגו השופטים לחבוש פאות בצבע לבן. ― In the Middle Ages judges used to wear white wigs.
- a face (of a polyhedron)
- a sidelock
- Leviticus 19:27, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- לֹא תַקִּפוּ פְּאַת רֹאשְׁכֶם וְלֹא תַשְׁחִית אֵת פְּאַת זְקָנֶךָ׃
- Lo taqífu p'át roshkhém v-lo tashḥít et p'at z'qanékha
- Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.
- Leviticus 19:27, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- a sideburn
- (Biblical Hebrew) corner, edge
- Leviticus 19:9, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- לֹא תְכַלֶּה פְּאַת שָׂדְךָ לִקְצֹר
- lo t'khalé p'at sad'khá liq'tzór
- thou shalt not wholly reap the corner of thy field
- Leviticus 19:9, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
Declension
Declension of פֵּאָה
Number | Isolated forms | With possessive pronouns | |||||
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State | Form | Person | singular | plural | |||
m. | f. | m. | f. | ||||
singular | indefinite | פֵּאָה | first | פְּאָתִי | פְּאָתֵנוּ | ||
definite | הַפֵּאָה | second | פְּאָתְךָ | פְּאָתֵךְ | פְּאַתְכֶם | פְּאַתְכֶן | |
construct | פְּאַת־ | third | פְּאָתוֹ | פְּאָתָהּ | פְּאָתָם | פְּאָתָן | |
plural | indefinite | פֵּאוֹת | first | פאותיי / פְּאוֹתַי | פְּאוֹתֵינוּ | ||
definite | הַפֵּאוֹת | second | פְּאוֹתֶיךָ | פאותייך / פְּאוֹתַיִךְ | פְּאוֹתֵיכֶם | פְּאוֹתֵיכֶן | |
construct | פְּאוֹת־ | third | פְּאוֹתָיו | פְּאוֹתֶיהָ | פְּאוֹתָם | פְּאוֹתָן |
Derived terms
- פאה נוכרית / פֵּאָה נָכְרִית (pēʾâ nāḵrîṯ)
Proper noun
פֵּאָה • (pēʾā́)
- (Judaism) One of the 613 commandments: to leave a corner of the field uncut for the poor.
- Pe'ah: The second tractate in the Seder Zeraim of the Mishnah and of the Talmud, whose first part deals with that commandment.
Ladino
Etymology
From Hebrew פֶּאַה (peá).
Noun
פֶּאַה f (Hebrew spelling, Latin spelling pe’ah)
- sidelock