Kasyat tfira (כסיית תפירה) means sailmaker's palm in Hebrew.
It can also mean sewing palm. It is a feminine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
כַּסְיַת תְּפִירָה
kasyat tfira
noun · feminine
In English
sailmaker's palm, sewing palm
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Kasyat tfira.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1כפפת עור מיוחדת, בה נעזרים תופרי מפרשים וברזנטים כדי לנעוץ את מחט התפירה באריגים עבים.
The word Kasyat tfira is a feminine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- כַּסְיַת תְּפִירָה
- Written without vowel points
- כסיית תפירה
- Said
- kasyat tfira
- Root
- כ־ס־י
- Plural
- כְּסָיוֹת תְּפִירָה
- Inflections
- ר' כְּסָיוֹת תְּפִירָה
- Gematria
- 1,195
This is how Kasyat tfira is said in other languages.
- English
- sailmaker's palm, sewing palm
- French
- paumelle
The word Kasyat tfira comes from the root כ־ס־י, like these words.
These words come before and after Kasyat tfira in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Kasyat tfira.
What does Kasyat tfira (כסיית תפירה) mean in Hebrew?
Kasyat tfira (כסיית תפירה) means sailmaker's palm and sewing palm. It is said kasyat tfira, with the stress on yat.
Is Kasyat tfira (כסיית תפירה) masculine or feminine?
The word Kasyat tfira (כסיית תפירה) is a feminine noun, and its plural is כְּסָיוֹת תְּפִירָה.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry כסית תפירה of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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