how to say “six-pack” in Hebrew
שִׁשִּׁיָּה
If you know some Hebrew, you certainly know the Hebrew word for six – שֵׁש (shesh) in the feminine and שִׁשָּׁה (shee-SHAH) in the masculine (learned in Level 1 of Ulpan La-Inyan). Yes, it’s counterintuitive – normally the “ah” ending comes with feminine words.
Note how both שישה and שש sound somewhat like the English word six.
So the word for six-pack is שִׁשִּׁיָּה (shee-shee-YAH). For example, כְּדַאי לִקְנוֹת שישייה שֶׁל בַּקְבּוּקֵי מַיִם מִינֶרָלִיִּם (keh-DAH-ee leek-NOHT shee-shee-YAH shel MAH-yeem mee-neh-RAH-lee-yeem) – It’s worthwhile to buy a six-pack of bottles of mineral water.
The word is also used to mean sextuplets. And it is not used to refer to a “six-pack” of abdominal muscles. That’s קֻבִּיּוֹת (koo-bee-YOHT).
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