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)

sister
(by extension) nurse

Declension

Declension of **אָחוֹת**
	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
Number:	State:	form	Person:	singular		plural
Number:	State:	form	Person:	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

אחתו