אחות

Hebrew

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔaḫwat-. Cognate with Arabic أخت.

Pronunciation

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔaːˈħoːt/, [ʔaːˈħoːθ]
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔɔːˈħoːθ/ [ʔɔːˈħoːθ]
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔɔˈħøθ/ [ʔɔ(ː)ˈħøːθ], [ʔɔ(ː)ˈħeːθ]
• (Persian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)ɒˈhot/
• (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)aˈχot/ (West), /ʔaˈħot/ (East)
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ɔˈχoːs/, /ɔˈχojs/
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)aˈχot/

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Noun

אָחוֹת • (akhót) f (plural indefinite אֲחָיוֹת, singular construct אֲחוֹת־, plural construct אַחְיוֹת־, masculine counterpart אָח)

1. sister
2. (by extension) nurse

Declension

Declension of אָחוֹת

	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
Number:	State:	form	Person:	singular		plural
				m	f	m	f
singular	indefinite	אָחוֹת	first	אֲחוֹתִי		אֲחוֹתֵנוּ
	definite	הָאָחוֹת	second	אֲחוֹתְךָ	אֲחוֹתֵךְ	אֲחוֹתְכֶם	אֲחוֹתְכֶן
	construct	אֲחוֹת־	third	אֲחוֹתוֹ	אֲחוֹתָהּ	אֲחוֹתָם	אֲחוֹתָן
plural	indefinite	אֲחָיוֹת	first	אחיותיי / אַחְיוֹתַי		אַחְיוֹתֵינוּ
	definite	הָאֲחָיוֹת	second	אַחְיוֹתֶיךָ	אחיותייך / אַחְיוֹתַיִךְ	אַחְיוֹתֵיכֶם	אַחְיוֹתֵיכֶן
	construct	אַחְיוֹת־	third	אַחְיוֹתָיו	אַחְיוֹתֶיהָ	אַחְיוֹתָם	אַחְיוֹתָן

Anagrams

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