"פח" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Hebrew]

IPA: /paχ/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew] Forms: פַּח [canonical], pakh [romanization], פַּחִים [indefinite, plural], פַּח־ [construct, singular]
Etymology: The “trap” sense is parallelled by Aramaic פחא / ܦܚܐ (paḥḥā), apparently from senses of “lying resupine” after an onomatopoeic formation meaning “to snore” or similar as found in Arabic فَخَّ (faḵḵa). The sheet-metal sense is from Egyptian pḫ, pḫꜣ. Etymology templates: {{cog|arc|פחא}} Aramaic פחא, {{cog|ar|فَخَّ}} Arabic فَخَّ (faḵḵa), {{bor|he|egy|pḫ}} Egyptian pḫ Head templates: {{he-noun|cons=פַּח|g=m|pat=קֶטֶל|pl=פַּחִים|tr=pakh|wv=פַּח}} פַּח • (pakh) m (plural indefinite פַּחִים, singular construct פַּח־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]
  1. A snare, trap.
    Sense id: en-פח-he-noun-uKGmhQjf Categories (other): Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters, Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks, Hebrew terms in the pattern קֶטֶל, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 78 11 11 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters: 79 11 11 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks: 71 15 15 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms in the pattern קֶטֶל: 62 19 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 63 19 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 79 10 10
  2. sheet metal
    Sense id: en-פח-he-noun-l1mZ6YgG
  3. (informal) A garbage can. Tags: informal Synonyms (garbage can): פַּח־אַשְׁפָּה (pakh-ashpá)
    Sense id: en-פח-he-noun-ga7MHRPq Disambiguation of 'garbage can': 0 0 100
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        "A snare, trap."
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        "A garbage can."
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        "(informal) A garbage can."
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        }
      ],
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  ],
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        "A garbage can."
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        "(informal) A garbage can."
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      "sense": "garbage can",
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  ],
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