זכות

From the root ז־כ־ה (z-k-h/y), from the pattern קְטוּת (k'tut). Compare Arabic زَكَوٰة (zakāh) and Classical Syriac ܙܟܘܬܐ (zāḵūṯā).

זְכוּת • (zkhut) f (plural indefinite זכויות / זְכֻיּוֹת, singular construct זְכוּת־, plural construct זְכֻיּוֹת־)

1. a right, a legal right, a moral right
2. a merit

• בִּזְכוּת (bizkhút)
• זכות אדם (zkhut-adám, “human right”)

From זך (zakh) +‎ ־ות (-út, “-ness”).

זַכּוּת • (zakút) f (no plural forms, singular construct זַכּוּת־)

1. purity, clarity

זך (zakh) +‎ ־ות (-ot)

זַכּוֹת • (zakót)

1. feminine plural indefinite form of זך (zakh)

• “זַךְ” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שׁוֹשָׁן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ (ha-milón he-khadásh, “The New Dictionary”), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם)‎ (1984), →ISBN, volume 1 of 3 (א to כ), →ISBN, page 343.
• “זְכוּת” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שׁוֹשָׁן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ (ha-milón he-khadásh, “The New Dictionary”), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם)‎ (1984), →ISBN, volume 1 of 3 (א to כ), →ISBN, pages 343–4.
• “זַכּוּת” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שׁוֹשָׁן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ (ha-milón he-khadásh, “The New Dictionary”), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם)‎ (1984), →ISBN, volume 1 of 3 (א to כ), →ISBN, page 344.

From Hebrew זְכוּת.

• (YIVO, Northeastern) IPA^(key): /ˈzχʊs/, [ˈsχʊs]
• (Poylish) IPA^(key): /ˈzχɪs/, [ˈsχɪs]
• (Ukrainish) IPA^(key): /ˈzχɨs/, [ˈsχɨs]

זכות • (zkhus) m, plural זכותים (zkhusem)

1. merit

• זכיה (zkhiye)
• זוכה (zoykhe)
• מזכּה (mezake)