This one's also a request.
A few days ago I wrote about the word for swimming - שְׂחִיָּה (se-khee-YAH).
A few days ago I wrote about the word for swimming - שְׂחִיָּה (se-khee-YAH).
You may know the word for glasses - מִשְׁקָפַיִם (meesh-kah-FAH-yeem). The root of the word is ש.ק.פ (sh.k.f), whose core meaning is clarity and transparency. A verb of that root is לְהַשְׁקִיף (le-hahsh-KEEF) - to look out. For example, הַבָּיִת מַשְׁקִיף עַל הָעֵמֶק (hah-BAH-yeet mahsh-KEEF ahl hah-EH-mek) - the house looks out on the valley.
Going with the concept of clarity of vision, the Modern Hebrew word for binoculars is מִשְׁקֶפֶת (meesh-KEH-fet). The word for goggles is משקפת שְׂחִיָּה (meesh-KEH-fet se-khee-YAH), but most Israelis are likely to say, simply, משקפת.
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