או
Aramaic
Alternative forms
- Syriac: ܐܘ
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Conjunction
או • (transliteration needed)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Interjection
References
- “ˀw”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press
Hebrew
Conjunction
אוֹ • ('o)
- Or.
- הוא בא, או לא?
- hu ba, o lo?
- Is he coming, or not?
- Either.
- או זה או זה אפשר.
- o ze o ze efshár.
- You can have either this one or this one.
Usage notes
- Hebrew אוֹ is used much as English or, and Hebrew אוֹ … אוֹ is used much as English either … or. The main difference is that אוֹ … אוֹ cannot by itself introduce two complete clauses; rather, in this case, each clause must be introduced by ש־ (“that”):
- או שאתה כן, או שאתה לא.
- o she'ata ken, o she'ata lo.
- Either you do, or you don't.
- או שאתה כן, או שאתה לא.