מיעוט

Hebrew

Root
מ־ע־ט (m-ʿ-ṭ)
2 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of מיעט / מִעֵט (mi'ét, “to diminish”).

Pronunciation

Noun

מיעוט / מִעוּט • (mi'út) m (singular construct מיעוט / מִעוּט־) [pattern: קִטּוּל]

  1. minority
    Antonym: רוב (“rov”)

References

  • Klein, Ernest (1987) “מִעוּט”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 365b
  • Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature‎[2], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 814a
  • “מיעוט” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
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