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־ות
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Hebrew
Etymology 1
From Proto-Semitic *-at- as abstract/collective nouns-forming suffix.
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /-ut/
Suffix
־וּת • (-út) f (plural ־ויות \ ־ֻיּוֹת)
- -ness, -ity, -ism, -hood: a suffix forming nouns, especially abstract nouns, from adjectives and other words.
Usage notes
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From the plural *-āt- of Proto-Semitic *-at- as feminine nouns-forming suffix. Cognate with Arabic ـَات (-āt).
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /-ot/
Suffix
־וֹת • (-ót)
- The plural ending for most feminine and a few masculine nouns (regardless of state).
- The feminine plural ending for adjectives (regardless of state).
- The feminine plural ending for present-tense and present-participle forms of verbs.
- (rare) Appended to two masculine nouns denoting men, forming feminine counterparts denoting women or females.
Derived terms
Category Hebrew terms suffixed with ־ות (noun feminine plurals) not found
Category Hebrew terms suffixed with ־ות (verb feminine plurals) not found
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Yiddish
Etymology
Suffix
־ות • (-es)
- The plural suffix for feminine nouns derived from Hebrew.
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