אות
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ot"
Hebrew
Etymology
Root |
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א־ו־ת (ʾ-w-t) |
From Proto-Semitic *awayat-, cognate with Aramaic אתא (ʾāṯāh, “sign”) and Arabic آية (ʔāya, “sign”).
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "IL" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /(ʔ)ot/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Ashkenazi Hebrew" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ɔs/, /ɔɪs/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Yemenite Hebrew" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ʔøθ/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Tiberian" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ʔoθ/
- Lua error in Module:accent_qualifier at line 34: Parameter 2 is required. IPA(key): /ʔoːt/, [ʔoːθ]
Noun
אוֹת • (ot) m (plural indefinite אוֹתוֹת)
- a sign, an omen
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- בֵּינִי וּבֵין בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אוֹת הִוא לְעֹלָם:
- bēnī ū-vēn bənē yiśrāʾēl ʾōṯ hī lə-ʿōlām.
- It is a sign between Me and the children of Israel for ever.
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- a signal, a cue
Noun
אוֹת • (ot) f (plural indefinite אוֹתִיּוֹת)
- letter (symbol)
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- הַלּוֹמֵד מֵחֲבֵרוֹ פֶּרֶק אֶחָד אוֹ הֲלָכָה אַחַת אוֹ פָסוּק אֶחָד אוֹ דִבּוּר אֶחָד אוֹ אֲפִלּוּ אוֹת אַחַת, צָרִיךְ לִנְהוֹג בּוֹ כָבוֹד
- Hal-lōmēḏ mē-ḥăvērō pereq ʾeḥāḏ ʾō hălāḵā ʾaḥaṯ ʾō fāsūq ʾeḥāḏ ʾō ḏibbūr ʾeḥāḏ ʾō ʾǎfillū ʾōṯ ʾaḥaṯ, ṣārīḵ li-nhōḡ bō ḵāvōḏ.
- Whoever learns from his fellow one chapter or one halakha or one verse or one word, or even one letter, should treat him with respect.
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Derived terms
- אוֹת כְּתָב
- אוֹת דְּפוּס
- הָאוֹתִיּוֹת הַקְּטַנּוֹת (ha'otiyót hak'tanót)
References
- “אות” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
- אות on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
Anagrams
Yiddish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
אות • (os) m or n, plural אותיות (oysyes)
- letter (symbol used for writing)
Categories:
- Hebrew terms belonging to the root א־ו־ת
- Hebrew terms inherited from Proto-Semitic
- Hebrew terms derived from Proto-Semitic
- Hebrew terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hebrew lemmas
- Hebrew nouns
- Hebrew masculine nouns with plurals ending in ־ות
- Hebrew masculine nouns ending in ־ת
- Hebrew masculine nouns
- Hebrew terms with usage examples
- Hebrew feminine nouns
- Yiddish terms derived from Hebrew
- Yiddish terms derived from the Hebrew root א־ו־ת
- Yiddish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Yiddish lemmas
- Yiddish nouns
- Yiddish masculine nouns
- Yiddish neuter nouns
- Yiddish nouns with multiple genders