תחת

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See also: תּחת

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ת־ח־ת (t-kh-t)

Related to Arabic تَحْتَ (taḥta), Ge'ez ታሕተ (taḥtä), Ugaritic 𐎚𐎈𐎚 (tḥt /⁠taḥta⁠/).

Pronunciation

Preposition

תַּחַת (tákhat)

  1. below
  2. underneath
  3. in lieu of
  4. instead of
  5. as successor to

Inflection

Noun

תַּחַת (tákhatm

  1. bottom
  2. underside
  3. (vulgar) butt, ass

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Yiddish: תּחת (tokhes)
    • Dutch: toges
    • English: toches, tush, tushie
    • German: Toches
    • Spanish: tujes

References

Yiddish

Noun

תחת (tokhes)

  1. (nonstandard) Unpointed form of תּחת (tokhes).