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/

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Noun

פֵּאָה • (pe'á, pēʾâ) f (plural indefinite פֵּאוֹת, singular construct פְּאַת־, plural construct פְּאוֹת־)

1. a wig

   בימי הביניים נהגו השופטים לחבוש פאות בצבע לבן. ― In the Middle Ages judges used to wear white wigs.

2. a face (of a polyhedron)
3. a sidelock
   • Tanach, 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.

4. a sideburn
5. (Biblical Hebrew) corner, edge
   • Tanach, 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

Declension

Declension of פֵּאָה

Number	Isolated forms		With possessive pronouns
	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)

1. (Judaism) One of the 613 commandments: to leave a corner of the field uncut for the poor.
2. 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)

1. sidelock