ܚܝܬ

Ultimately derived from Phoenician 𐤇𐤕 (ḥt, literally “courtyard”); compare Hebrew חֵית (khet), Arabic حَاء (ḥāʔ), خَاء (ḵāʔ) and Ancient Greek ἦτᾰ (êtă).

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [ħeːθ], [xeːθ]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [xeːt]

ܚܹܝܬ݂ • (ḥēṯ) f

1. Heth (the eighth letter of the Assyrian alphabet and Syriac script)

• Ḥēṯ represents the number eight in the native numbering system (usually used for ordinal numbers, book publishing data or biblical references).
  • When a mṭalqānā is placed above (ܚ݇), it means 8,000.

• (symbol) ܚ

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

ܚܲܝܲܬ݂ • (ḥayyaṯ) f sg (plural ܚܲܝܵܬ݂̈ (ḥayyāṯ))

1. singular construct state of ܚܲܝܬܵܐ (ḥaytā, “alive”)

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [xaj.jaθ.]

ܚܲܝܹܬ! • (ḥayyēt!)

1. alternative form of ܚܵܝܹܝܬ! (ḥāyēt!)

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [xaj.jeːt]