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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܫܘܳܝܳܐ (š'waya, literally even, equal), in Syriac a term for a sign consisting of two vertical dots used to separate parts of a sentence.[1]

Изговор

Именица

שווא \ שְׁוָא (shva, šəwɔʾ)

  1. the Hebrew diacritical mark shva (ִ◌ְ)
  2. schwa (unstressed vowel sound)
Descendants
  • Холандски: sjwa
  • Немачки: Schwa
  • Пољски: szwa

References

  • שוא” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language.

Further reading

  1. אהרן דותן (דויטשר) (Aron Dotan a.k.a. Aron Deutscher) (1953), “שמותיו של השוא בראשיתו של הדקדוק העברי (The names of the schwa at the beginning of Hebrew grammar)”, in Lĕšonénu: A Journal for the Study of the Hebrew Language and Cognate Subjects / לשוננו: כתב-עת לחקר הלשון העברית והתחומים הסמוכים לה[1], volume י"ט (19), issue קובץ מיוחד תשי"ד (special file 2014), Academy of the Hebrew Language, pages 13-30

Etymology 2

Корен
שׁ־ו־א (š-w-ʾ)

Именица

שווא \ שָׁוְא (shav)

  1. falsehood, futility
  2. (literary) emptiness, vanity, uselessness, pointlessness
Derived terms

References

Yiddish

Именица

שווא (shvom

  1. (nonstandard) Unpointed form of שוואָ (shvo).