יוטה
Hebrew
Etymology
From Bengali ঝুট (jhuṭ). Compare English jute, Russian джут (džut).
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈjuta/
Noun
יוּטָה • (yúta) f (plural indefinite יוּטוֹת, singular construct יוּטַת־, plural construct יוּטוֹת־) [pattern: קוּטָל]
- a course, strong fiber of East Indian origin, made from Corchorus olitorius and Corchorus capsularis, used to make mats, paper, gunny cloth etc
- The plants from which this fiber is obtained
Declension
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number: | State: | form | Person: | singular | plural | ||
| m | f | m | f | ||||
| singular | indefinite | יוּטָה | first | יוּטָתִי | יוּטָתֵנוּ | ||
| definite | הַיּוּטָה | second | יוּטָתְךָ | יוּטָתֵךְ | יוּטַתְכֶם | יוּטַתְכֶן | |
| construct | יוּטַת־ | third | יוּטָתוֹ | יוּטָתָהּ | יוּטָתָם | יוּטָתָן | |
| plural | indefinite | יוּטוֹת | first | יוטותיי / יוּטוֹתַי | יוּטוֹתֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הַיּוּטוֹת | second | יוּטוֹתֶיךָ | יוטותייך / יוּטוֹתַיִךְ | יוּטוֹתֵיכֶם | יוּטוֹתֵיכֶן | |
| construct | יוּטוֹת־ | third | יוּטוֹתָיו | יוּטוֹתֶיהָ | יוּטוֹתָם | יוּטוֹתָן | |
Proper noun
יוּטָה • (yúta) f
- Utah (a state in the western United States)
References
- על המילה יוטה, in the Academy of the Hebrew Language
- “יוטה”, in Milog (in Hebrew)
- Klein, Ernest (1987), “יוטה”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 256
Further reading
- יוטה on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he