־ות
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Hebrew[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Semitic *-at- as abstract/collective nouns-forming suffix.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /-ut/
Suffix[edit]
־וּת • (-út) f (plural ־ויות \ ־ֻיּוֹת)
- -ness, -ity, -ism, -hood: a suffix forming nouns, especially abstract nouns, from adjectives and other words.
Usage notes[edit]
- This suffix is often appended to adjectives in ־י (-í, “-al, -an, -ic, -ous”), such that ־יות (-iút, “-ality, -anity, -icity, -osity”) may be considered a suffix in its own right.
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From the plural *-āt- of Proto-Semitic *-at- as feminine nouns-forming suffix. Cognate with Arabic ـَات (-āt).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /-ot/
Suffix[edit]
־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[edit]
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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Suffix[edit]
־ות • (-es)
- The plural suffix for feminine nouns derived from Hebrew.