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Hebrew
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *awayat-, cognate with Aramaic אתא (ʾāṯāh, “sign”) and Arabic آية (ʔāya, “sign”).
Pronunciation
Noun
אוֹת • (ot) m (plural indefinite אוֹתוֹת)
- a sign, an omen
Tanach, Exodus 31:17, with translation of HE: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.
- a signal, a cue
Derived terms
Noun
אוֹת • (ot) f (plural indefinite אוֹתִיּוֹת)
- letter (symbol)
a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Avot 6:3: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.
Derived terms
References
- “אות” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
Anagrams
Yiddish
Etymology
From Hebrew אות (ot).
Pronunciation
Noun
אות • (os) m or n, plural אותיות (oysyes)
- letter (symbol used for writing)
- זאָגן די אותיות פֿון ― zogn di oysyes fun ― to spell (a word) (literally, “name the letters”)
Further reading
- Uriel Weinreich (1977) “אויסלייג”, in Modern English-Yiddish, Yiddish-English Dictionary, New York: Schocken Books, page 781
- Uriel Weinreich (1977) “אות”, in Modern English-Yiddish, Yiddish-English Dictionary, New York: Schocken Books, page 765