שואה

Hebrew

Root
שׁ־א־ה (š-ʾ-h)

Alternative forms

שֹׁאָה (defective spelling)

Pronunciation

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Noun

שׁוֹאָה • (sho'á) f (plural indefinite שׁוֹאוֹת, singular construct שׁוֹאַת־, plural construct שׁוֹאוֹת־)

a catastrophe, a ruin
1. (specifically) the Holocaust, the Shoah
(slang) something hard, unbearable

Descendants

→ English: Shoah
→ French: Shoah
→ German: Schoah

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