פשתן

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
פ־שׁ־ת (p-sh-t)
2 terms

Derived in Mishnaic Hebrew from פִּשְׁתָּה (pishtá, “flax”) +‎ ־ָן (-án), with the same meaning.

Pronunciation

Noun

פִּשְׁתָּן • (pishtán) m (no plural forms, singular construct פִּשְׁתַּן־)

  1. flax, linen
  2. (taxonomy) a plant of the species Linum usitatissimum

Declension

Declension of פִּשְׁתָּן
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
Number: State: form Person: singular plural
m f m f
singular indefinite פִּשְׁתָּן first פִּשְׁתָּנִי פִּשְׁתָּנֵנוּ
definite הַפִּשְׁתָּן second פִּשְׁתָּנְךָ פִּשְׁתָּנֵךְ פִּשְׁתַּנְכֶם פִּשְׁתַּנְכֶן
construct פִּשְׁתַּן־ third פִּשְׁתָּנוֹ פִּשְׁתָּנָהּ פִּשְׁתָּנָם פִּשְׁתָּנָן

Derived terms

References

  • Klein, Ernest (1987) “פִּשְׁתָּן”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 535c
  • Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature‎[2], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 1249b
  • “פשתן” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

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