Aramaic

Verb

טעם • ‎(ta'am)

1. to taste

Hebrew

Etymology

From the root ט־ע־ם . Cognate with Arabic طَعْم ‎(ṭaʿm, “taste”) and طَعَمَ ‎(ṭaʿama, “to taste”).

Noun

טַעַם • ‎(tá'am) m ‎(plural indefinite טְעָמִים, plural construct טַעֲמֵי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. taste (sense)
2. taste, flavour (objective quality of a substance as perceived by the sense of taste)
3. logic, a reason, a point

   אין טעם לצעוק כי הוא לא ישמע.‎ ― The is no logic to yelling because he will not hear.

   • 1997, “סוף העולם בלוז‎”, in Bernard Velouise (Bernard and Louise), performed by Meir Ariel:

     אין טעם לכסות שאין הרבה מה לעשות‎ ― The is no reason to cover up that there is not much to do

4. (linguistics) a stress, an accent
5. a cantillation mark

Declension

Related terms

• טָעִים ‎(ta'ím)

Synonyms

• (reason): סיבה \ סִבָּה

Verb

טָעַם • ‎(ta'ám) ‎(pa'al construction)

1. to taste
   • לירן דנינו, חוזר אלייך (Liran Danino, Returning to You)

     בסוף אני חוזר אלייך — אחרי שטעמתי את החיים שבלעדייך‎

     basof ani khozer elayikh — akhrei sheta'amti et hakhayim shebiladayikh

     in the end I'll come back to you — after I've tasted life without you

Anagrams

• מעט

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew טַעַם ‎(tá'am, “taste”).

Pronunciation

• Homophone: תּם ‎(tam)

Noun

טעם • ‎(tam) m, plural טעמען ‎(tamen) or טעמים ‎(tamem)

1. flavor; taste
2. reason

Related terms

• טועם זײַן ‎(toyem zayn)
• טועם־טעם זײַן ‎(toyem-tam zayn)
• מטעמים ‎(matamem)