טעם

טעם • (ta'am)

1. to taste

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

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)

   ‏שאלה של טעם‎ ― A matter of taste

3. logic, a reason, a point

   ‏אין טעם לצעוק כי הוא לא ישמע.‎‎ ― The is no point 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

• (reason): סיבה \ סִבָּה‎

• טָעִים‎ (ta'ím)

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

• מעט‎

From Hebrew טַעַם‎ (tá'am, “taste”).

• Homophone: תּם‎ (tam)

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

1. flavor; taste
2. reason

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