שווא
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Etymology 1
Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܫܘܳܝܳܐ (š'waya, literally “even, equal”), in Syriac a term for a sign consisting of two vertical dots used to separate parts of a sentence.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈʃva/
Noun
שווא / שְׁוָא • (shva, šəwɔʾ) m
- shva (a Hebrew nikud vowel sign written as two vertical dots beneath a letter, in Israeli Hebrew indicating either the phoneme /e/ or the complete absence of a vowel) (ִ◌ְ)
- schwa (unstressed vowel sound)
Descendants
References
- “שוא” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
- ^ אהרן דותן (דויטשר) (Aron Dotan a.k.a. Aron Deutscher) (1953) “שמותיו של השוא בראשיתו של הדקדוק העברי (The names of the schwa at the beginning of Hebrew grammar)”, in Lĕšonénu: A Journal for the Study of the Hebrew Language and Cognate Subjects / לשוננו: כתב-עת לחקר הלשון העברית והתחומים הסמוכים לה[1], volume י"ט (19), number קובץ מיוחד תשי"ד (special file 2014), Academy of the Hebrew Language, pages 13-30
- שווא on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
- Shva on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
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| שׁ־ו־א (sh-w-ʾ) |
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Related to Arabic سَوَاء (sawāʔ, “in vain, equal”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
שווא / שָׁוְא • (sháv) m
- falsehood, futility
- (literary) emptiness, vanity, uselessness, pointlessness
- Tanach, Exodus 20:7, with translation of the King James Version:
- לֹא תִשָּׂא אֶת שֵׁם ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ לַשָּׁוְא כִּי לֹא יְנַקֶּה ה׳ אֵת אֲשֶׁר יִשָּׂא אֶת שְׁמוֹ לַשָּׁוְא׃
- Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
Derived terms
- לשווא / לַשָּׁוְא (lasháv)
- מַחֲזֵה שָׁוְא (makhazé sháv, “false delusion”)
- מַצָּג שָׁוְא (matság sháv, “false pretense”)
References
- H7723 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- “שוא” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Yiddish
Pronunciation
- (Northeastern) IPA(key): /ˈʃeɪ̯və/
- (Poylish) IPA(key): /ˈʃaɪ̯və/
- (Ukrainish) IPA(key): /ˈʃɛɪ̯və/
Noun
שווא • (sheyve) f, plural שוואס (sheyves)
- (archaic) alternative form of שוואָ (shvo)
References
- Justus van de Kamp et al., “שווא” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). [2].
Noun
שווא • (shvo) m or f, plural שוואען (shvoen) or שוואים (shvoem)
- (nonstandard) Unpointed form of שוואָ (shvo).