־ות

From Proto-Semitic *-at- as abstract/collective nouns-forming suffix.

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /-ut/

־וּת • (-út) f (plural ־ויות \ ־ֻיּוֹת)

1. -ness, -ity, -ism, -hood: a suffix forming nouns, especially abstract nouns, from adjectives and other words.

• This suffix is often appended to adjectives in ־י (-í, “-al, -an, -ic, -ous”), such that ־יות (-iút, “-ality, -anity, -icity, -osity”) may be considered a suffix in its own right.

From the plural *-āt- of Proto-Semitic *-at- as feminine nouns-forming suffix. Cognate with Arabic ـَات (-āt).

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /-ot/

־וֹת • (-ót)

1. The plural ending for most feminine and a few masculine nouns (regardless of state).
2. The feminine plural ending for adjectives (regardless of state).
3. The feminine plural ending for present-tense and present-participle forms of verbs.
4. (rare) Appended to two masculine nouns denoting men, forming feminine counterparts denoting women or females.

   אָח (“brother”) ‎→ אָחוֹת (aḥót, “sister”)

   חָם (“father in law”) ‎→ חָמוֹת (ḥamót, “mother in law”)

• → Yiddish: ־ות (-es)
• → English: -oth, -os

• ־ים (-ím)
• ־ה (-á, -a; -áh)
• ־י (-éi)
• ־ת (-et, -at; -át)

• תו

From Hebrew ־ות (-ót).

־ות • (-es)

1. The plural suffix for feminine nouns derived from Hebrew.