פלפל

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
פ־ל־פ־ל (p-l-p-l)

From Persian پلپل (pelpel).

Noun

פִּלְפֵּל • (pilpel) m (plural indefinite פִּלְפְּלִים, singular construct פִּלְפֵּל־, plural construct פִּלְפְּלֵי־)

1. pepper (fruit of the capsicum)
2. pepper (spice made of berries)

Usage notes

• Although formally the emphasis is on the final syllable of this word, colloquially it is on the first. This applies both to the singular forms and to the plural forms.

Declension

Declension of פִּלְפֵּל

Number	Isolated forms		With possessive pronouns
	State	Form	Person	singular		plural
				m.	f.	m.	f.
singular	indefinite	פִּלְפֵּל	first	פִּלְפֵּלִי		פִּלְפֵּלֵנוּ
	definite	הַפִּלְפֵּל	second	פִּלְפֵּלְךָ	פִּלְפֵּלֵךְ	פִּלְפֵּלְכֶם	פִּלְפֵּלְכֶן
	construct	פִּלְפֵּל־	third	פִּלְפֵּלוֹ	פִּלְפֵּלָהּ	פִּלְפֵּלָם	פִּלְפֵּלָן
plural	indefinite	פִּלְפְּלִים	first	פלפליי / פִּלְפְּלַי		פִּלְפְּלֵינוּ
	definite	הַפִּלְפְּלִים	second	פִּלְפְּלֶיךָ	פלפלייך / פִּלְפְּלַיִךְ	פִּלְפְּלֵיכֶם	פִּלְפְּלֵיכֶן
	construct	פִּלְפְּלֵי־	third	פִּלְפְּלָיו	פִּלְפְּלֶיהָ	פִּלְפְּלֵיהֶם	פִּלְפְּלֵיהֶן

Derived terms

• פלפל שחור / פִּלְפֵּל שָׁחֹר (pilpel shachór, “black pepper”)
• פִּלְפֵּל לָבָן (pilpel laván, “white pepper”)
• פִּלְפֵּל חָרִיף (pilpel ḥaríf, “chili pepper”)

Further reading

• פלפל on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

Etymology 2

Root
פ־ל־פ־ל (p-l-p-l)

Verb

פִּלְפֵּל • (pilpél) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction)

1. defective spelling of פילפל

References

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