Hebrew

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /-ut/

Suffix

־וּת • ‎(-út) f ‎(plural ־ויות \ ־ֻיּוֹת)

1. -ness, -ity; a suffix forming nouns, especially abstract nouns, from adjectives and other words.

Usage notes

• 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

Etymology 2

From Proto-Semitic. Cognate with Arabic ـَات ‎(-āt).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /-ot/

Suffix

־וֹת • ‎(-ót)

1. The plural ending for most feminine and a few masculine nouns (regardless of state).
2. The feminine plural ending for adjectives (regardless of state).
3. The feminine plural ending for present-tense and present-participle forms of verbs.

Derived terms

Descendants

• English: -oth, English: -os

See also

• ־ים ‎(-ím)
• ־ה ‎(-á, -a; -áh)
• ־י ‎(-éi)
• ־ת ‎(-et, -at; -át)

Anagrams

• תו

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew ־ות ‎(-ót).

Suffix

־ות • ‎(-es)

1. The plural suffix for feminine nouns derived from Hebrew.