אוח

Hebrew

אוח מצוי

Root
א־ו־ח (ʾ-w-kh)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔak-.

Pronunciation

• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈʔoːħ/, [ˈʔoː.aħ], [ˈʔoː.waħ], [ˈʔow.waħ]
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈʔøw.waħ/, [ˈʔøw.wæħ]
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈoj.aχ/
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈ(ʔ)o.aχ/

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Noun

אוֹחַ • (óakh) m

1. eagle owl

Derived terms

• אוֹחַ מָצוּי (óakh matsúi, “Eurasian eagle owl”)

See also

• יַנְשׁוּף (yanshúf, “owl”)

References

• “אוח” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• אוח on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he