פּנים

See also: פנים‎

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew פָּנִים‎ (paním, “face”), from Proto-Semitic *pan-.

Pronunciation

(Litvish) IPA^(key): [ˈpɔnəm]
(Poylish) IPA^(key): [ˈpuːnəm]
(Ukraynish) IPA^(key): [ˈpunəm]

Noun

פּנים • (ponem) n, plural פּנימער‎ (penemer), diminutive פּנימל‎ (peneml)

face
‏אַ שיין פּנים!‎‎ ― a sheyn ponem! ― (What a) pretty face!

Synonym: געזיכט‎ (gezikht), צורה‎ (tsure)

Derived terms

אַ פּנים‎ (a ponem, “apparently, seemingly, on the face of it”)

Descendants

→ Dutch: ponem

Further reading

Map of dialectal variants for "face" from Litvish: An Atlas of Northeastern Yiddish by Dovid Katz

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