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  • suffix Used to form plurals of some Hebrew and Yiddish loanwords, usually ending in -a or -ah.

Etymologies

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From the traditional Ashkenazi pronunciation of Hebrew ־וֹת ("-ót"), and its Yiddish reflex.

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