פנס
Hebrew
Etymology
Post-Biblical, borrowed from Ancient Greek φανός (phanós).
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /paˈnas/
Audio: (file)
Noun
פַּנָּס • (panás) m (plural indefinite פַּנָּסִים, singular construct פַּנַּס־, plural construct פַּנָסֵי־)
- a lantern (case of transparent material made to protect a flame or light)
- a lamp
- a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud. Berachot, 53b:
- הָיְתָה לוֹ נֵר טְמוּנָה בְּחֵיקוֹ אוֹ בְּפַנָּס אוֹ שֶׁרָאָה שַׁלְהֶבֶת וְלֹא נִשְׁתַּמֵּשׁ לְאוֹרָהּ
- One who had a candle hidden in his lap or placed inside an opaque lamp, or if he saw a flame and did not utilize its light.
- a flashlight
- a torch
- (by extension) a black eye
Declension
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number: | State: | form | Person: | singular | plural | ||
| m | f | m | f | ||||
| singular | indefinite | פַּנָּס | first | פַּנָּסִי | פַּנָּסֵנוּ | ||
| definite | הַפַּנָּס | second | פַּנָּסְךָ | פַּנָּסֵךְ | פַּנַּסְכֶם | פַּנַּסְכֶן | |
| construct | פַּנַּס־ | third | פַּנָּסוֹ | פַּנָּסָהּ | פַּנָּסָם | פַּנָּסָן | |
| plural | indefinite | פַּנָּסִים | first | פנסיי / פַּנָּסַי | פַּנָּסֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הַפַּנָּסִים | second | פַּנָּסֶיךָ | פנסייך / פַּנָּסַיִךְ | פַּנָּסֵיכֶם | פַּנָּסֵיכֶן | |
| construct | פַּנָּסֵי־ | third | פַּנָּסָיו | פַּנָּסֶיהָ | פַּנָּסֵיהֶם | פַּנָּסֵיהֶן | |
Synonyms
- (lamp): מְנוֹרָה (m'norá)
References
- “פנס” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language