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Noun [Hebrew]

IPA: /maˈ(h)ut/ [Modern-Israeli]
Rhymes: -ut Etymology: From מָה (ma, “what”) + ־וּת (-ut, “-ness, -ity”), thus roughly "whatness". Compare the similarly derived Arabic مَاهِيَّة (māhiyya, “essence”), which is a calque of Ancient Greek τὸ τί ἦν εἶναι (tò tí ên eînai). Etymology templates: {{af|he|מָה <t:what>|־וּת <t:-ness, -ity>}} מָה (ma, “what”) + ־וּת (-ut, “-ness, -ity”), {{ncog|ar|مَاهِيَّة|t=essence|tr=māhiyya}} Arabic مَاهِيَّة (māhiyya, “essence”), {{cal|ar|grc|τὸ τί ἦν εἶναι|nocap=1|nocat=1}} calque of Ancient Greek τὸ τί ἦν εἶναι (tò tí ên eînai) Head templates: {{he-noun|g=f|pl=מַהוּיוֹת|pl2=מהויות|pl2dwv=מַהֻיּוֹת|tr=mahút|wv=מַהוּת}} מַהוּת • (mahút) f (plural indefinite מַהוּיוֹת or מהויות / מַהֻיּוֹת) Inflection templates: {{he-decl|מַהוּת|p|מַהוּיוֹת|p|מהויות/מַהֻיּוֹת}} Forms: מַהוּת [canonical, feminine], mahút [romanization], מַהוּיוֹת [indefinite, plural], מהויות [indefinite, plural], מַהֻיּוֹת [indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], מַהוּת [indefinite, singular], מַהוּתִי [feminine, first-person, masculine, possessed-form, singular], מַהוּתֵנוּ [feminine, first-person, masculine, plural, possessed-form], הַמַּהוּת [definite, singular], מַהוּתְךָ [masculine, possessed-form, second-person, singular], מַהוּתֵךְ [feminine, possessed-form, second-person, singular], מַהוּתְכֶם [masculine, plural, possessed-form, second-person], מַהוּתְכֶן [feminine, plural, possessed-form, second-person], מַהוּת־ [construct, singular], מַהוּתוֹ [masculine, possessed-form, singular, third-person], מַהוּתָהּ [feminine, possessed-form, singular, third-person], מַהוּתָם [masculine, plural, possessed-form, third-person], מַהוּתָן [feminine, plural, possessed-form, third-person], מַהוּיוֹת [indefinite, plural], מהויותיי [feminine, first-person, masculine, possessed-form, singular], מַהוּיוֹתַי [feminine, first-person, masculine, possessed-form, singular], מַהוּיוֹתֵינוּ [feminine, first-person, masculine, plural, possessed-form], הַמַּהוּיוֹת [definite, plural], מַהוּיוֹתֶיךָ [masculine, possessed-form, second-person, singular], מהויותייך [feminine, possessed-form, second-person, singular], מַהוּיוֹתַיִךְ [feminine, possessed-form, second-person, singular], מַהוּיוֹתֵיכֶם [masculine, plural, possessed-form, second-person], מַהוּיוֹתֵיכֶן [feminine, plural, possessed-form, second-person], מַהוּיוֹת־ [construct, plural], מַהוּיוֹתָיו [masculine, possessed-form, singular, third-person], מַהוּיוֹתֶיהָ [feminine, possessed-form, singular, third-person], מַהוּיוֹתָם [masculine, plural, possessed-form, third-person], מַהוּיוֹתָן [feminine, plural, possessed-form, third-person], מהויות [indefinite, plural], מַהֻיּוֹת [indefinite, plural], מַהֻיּוֹתַי [feminine, first-person, masculine, possessed-form, singular], מהויותינו [feminine, first-person, masculine, plural, possessed-form], מַהֻיּוֹתֵינוּ [feminine, first-person, masculine, plural, possessed-form], המהויות [definite, plural], הַמַּהֻיּוֹת [definite, plural], מהויותיך [masculine, possessed-form, second-person, singular], מַהֻיּוֹתֶיךָ [masculine, possessed-form, second-person, singular], מַהֻיּוֹתַיִךְ [feminine, possessed-form, second-person, singular], מהויותיכם [masculine, plural, possessed-form, second-person], מַהֻיּוֹתֵיכֶם [masculine, plural, possessed-form, second-person], מהויותיכן [feminine, plural, possessed-form, second-person], מַהֻיּוֹתֵיכֶן [feminine, plural, possessed-form, second-person], מהויות־ [construct, plural], מַהֻיּוֹת־ [construct, plural], מהויותיו [masculine, possessed-form, singular, third-person], מַהֻיּוֹתָיו [masculine, possessed-form, singular, third-person], מהויותיה [feminine, possessed-form, singular, third-person], מַהֻיּוֹתֶיהָ [feminine, possessed-form, singular, third-person], מהויותם [masculine, plural, possessed-form, third-person], מַהֻיּוֹתָם [masculine, plural, possessed-form, third-person], מהויותן [feminine, plural, possessed-form, third-person], מַהֻיּוֹתָן [feminine, plural, possessed-form, third-person]
  1. essence Synonyms: טִיב

Noun [Yiddish]

IPA: /məˈhuːs/ Forms: מהות [canonical, masculine], plural מהותן [canonical], mehus [romanization], mehusn [romanization]
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew מַהוּת (mahút). Etymology templates: {{bor+|yi|he|מַהוּת|tr=mahút}} Borrowed from Hebrew מַהוּת (mahút) Head templates: {{head|yi|noun|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr=mehus}} מהות • (mehus) m, {{yi-noun|g=m|pl=n|tr=mehus}} מהות • (mehus) m, plural מהותן (mehusn)
  1. substance, matter
    Sense id: en-מהות-yi-noun-DlT--viy Categories (other): Yiddish entries with incorrect language header, Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Yiddish terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Yiddish entries with incorrect language header: 34 66 Disambiguation of Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Yiddish terms with redundant script codes: 50 50
  2. essence, nature
    Sense id: en-מהות-yi-noun-PKZ88Lnk Categories (other): Yiddish entries with incorrect language header, Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Yiddish terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Yiddish entries with incorrect language header: 34 66 Disambiguation of Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Yiddish terms with redundant script codes: 50 50
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        "3": "־וּת\n<t:-ness, -ity>"
      },
      "expansion": "מָה (ma, “what”) + ־וּת (-ut, “-ness, -ity”)",
      "name": "af"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "مَاهِيَّة",
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      "name": "ncog"
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      "args": {
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        "nocat": "1"
      },
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      "name": "cal"
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  "etymology_text": "From מָה (ma, “what”) + ־וּת (-ut, “-ness, -ity”), thus roughly \"whatness\". Compare the similarly derived Arabic مَاهِيَّة (māhiyya, “essence”), which is a calque of Ancient Greek τὸ τί ἦν εἶναι (tò tí ên eînai).",
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      ],
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        "first-person",
        "masculine",
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    },
    {
      "form": "מַהוּתֵנוּ",
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          "מהותנו#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
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    {
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    {
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        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
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    },
    {
      "form": "מַהוּתְכֶם",
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          "מַהוּתְכֶם",
          "מהותכם#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מַהוּתְכֶן",
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        ]
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          "מהות#Hebrew"
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    {
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          "מַהוּתוֹ",
          "מהותו#Hebrew"
        ]
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "מַהוּתָהּ",
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        [
          "מַהוּתָהּ",
          "מהותה#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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        [
          "מַהוּתָם",
          "מהותם#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
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        "plural",
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        "third-person"
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      ],
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        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "מַהוּיוֹת",
      "links": [
        [
          "מַהוּיוֹת",
          "מהויות#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מהויותיי",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מַהוּיוֹתַי",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מַהוּיוֹתֵינוּ",
      "links": [
        [
          "מַהוּיוֹתֵינוּ",
          "מהויותינו#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הַמַּהוּיוֹת",
      "links": [
        [
          "הַמַּהוּיוֹת",
          "המהויות#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מַהוּיוֹתֶיךָ",
      "links": [
        [
          "מַהוּיוֹתֶיךָ",
          "מהויותיך#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מהויותייך",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מַהוּיוֹתַיִךְ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מַהוּיוֹתֵיכֶם",
      "links": [
        [
          "מַהוּיוֹתֵיכֶם",
          "מהויותיכם#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מַהוּיוֹתֵיכֶן",
      "links": [
        [
          "מַהוּיוֹתֵיכֶן",
          "מהויותיכן#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מַהוּיוֹת־",
      "links": [
        [
          "מַהוּיוֹת־",
          "מהויות#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מַהוּיוֹתָיו",
      "links": [
        [
          "מַהוּיוֹתָיו",
          "מהויותיו#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מַהוּיוֹתֶיהָ",
      "links": [
        [
          "מַהוּיוֹתֶיהָ",
          "מהויותיה#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מַהוּיוֹתָם",
      "links": [
        [
          "מַהוּיוֹתָם",
          "מהויותם#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מַהוּיוֹתָן",
      "links": [
        [
          "מַהוּיוֹתָן",
          "מהויותן#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מהויות",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מַהֻיּוֹת",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מַהֻיּוֹתַי",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מהויותינו",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מַהֻיּוֹתֵינוּ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "המהויות",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הַמַּהֻיּוֹת",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מהויותיך",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מַהֻיּוֹתֶיךָ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מַהֻיּוֹתַיִךְ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מהויותיכם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מַהֻיּוֹתֵיכֶם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מהויותיכן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מַהֻיּוֹתֵיכֶן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מהויות־",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מַהֻיּוֹת־",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מהויותיו",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מַהֻיּוֹתָיו",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מהויותיה",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מַהֻיּוֹתֶיהָ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מהויותם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מַהֻיּוֹתָם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מהויותן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מַהֻיּוֹתָן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f",
        "pl": "מַהוּיוֹת",
        "pl2": "מהויות",
        "pl2dwv": "מַהֻיּוֹת",
        "tr": "mahút",
        "wv": "מַהוּת"
      },
      "expansion": "מַהוּת • (mahút) f (plural indefinite מַהוּיוֹת or מהויות / מַהֻיּוֹת)",
      "name": "he-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "מַ",
        "הוּת"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "מַהוּת",
        "2": "p",
        "3": "מַהוּיוֹת",
        "4": "p",
        "5": "מהויות/מַהֻיּוֹת"
      },
      "name": "he-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew terms suffixed with ־ות",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "96 2 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "97 2 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              23,
              27
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              39,
              51
            ]
          ],
          "english": "[…] such a description, containing the true essence of the object, is, as we have already shown, nothing else but the explanation of a name.",
          "ref": "a. 1230 CE, Maimonides, “I.52”, in Samuel ibn Tibbon, transl., מורה נבוכים [The Guide for the Perplexed], English translation by Michael Friedländer, 1904:",
          "text": "וזה התואר הוא המורה על מהות הדבר ואמיתתו כבר בארנו שהוא פרוש שם לא דבר אחר.",
          "translation": "[…] such a description, containing the true essence of the object, is, as we have already shown, nothing else but the explanation of a name.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "essence"
      ],
      "id": "en-מהות-he-noun-CSvYZGz1",
      "links": [
        [
          "essence",
          "essence"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "טִיב"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/maˈ(h)ut/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ut"
    }
  ],
  "word": "מהות"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "מַהוּת",
        "tr": "mahút"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Hebrew מַהוּת (mahút)",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Hebrew מַהוּת (mahút).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "מהות",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plural מהותן",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mehus",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mehusn",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "mehus"
      },
      "expansion": "מהות • (mehus) m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "pl": "n",
        "tr": "mehus"
      },
      "expansion": "מהות • (mehus) m, plural מהותן (mehusn)",
      "name": "yi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "מהות"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "34 66",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "substance, matter"
      ],
      "id": "en-מהות-yi-noun-DlT--viy",
      "links": [
        [
          "substance",
          "substance"
        ],
        [
          "matter",
          "matter"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "34 66",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "essence, nature"
      ],
      "id": "en-מהות-yi-noun-PKZ88Lnk",
      "links": [
        [
          "essence",
          "essence"
        ],
        [
          "nature",
          "nature"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/məˈhuːs/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "מהות"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "מָה\n<t:what>",
        "3": "־וּת\n<t:-ness, -ity>"
      },
      "expansion": "מָה (ma, “what”) + ־וּת (-ut, “-ness, -ity”)",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "مَاهِيَّة",
        "t": "essence",
        "tr": "māhiyya"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic مَاهِيَّة (māhiyya, “essence”)",
      "name": "ncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "τὸ τί ἦν εἶναι",
        "nocap": "1",
        "nocat": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "calque of Ancient Greek τὸ τί ἦν εἶναι (tò tí ên eînai)",
      "name": "cal"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From מָה (ma, “what”) + ־וּת (-ut, “-ness, -ity”), thus roughly \"whatness\". Compare the similarly derived Arabic مَاهِيَّة (māhiyya, “essence”), which is a calque of Ancient Greek τὸ τί ἦν εἶναι (tò tí ên eînai).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "מַהוּת",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mahút",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מַהוּיוֹת",
      "links": [
        [
          "מַהוּיוֹת",
          "מהויות"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מהויות",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מַהֻיּוֹת",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "he-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מַהוּת",
      "links": [
        [
          "מַהוּת",
          "מהות#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מַהוּתִי",
      "links": [
        [
          "מַהוּתִי",
          "מהותי#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מַהוּתֵנוּ",
      "links": [
        [
          "מַהוּתֵנוּ",
          "מהותנו#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הַמַּהוּת",
      "links": [
        [
          "הַמַּהוּת",
          "המהות#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מַהוּתְךָ",
      "links": [
        [
          "מַהוּתְךָ",
          "מהותך#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מַהוּתֵךְ",
      "links": [
        [
          "מַהוּתֵךְ",
          "מהותך#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מַהוּתְכֶם",
      "links": [
        [
          "מַהוּתְכֶם",
          "מהותכם#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מַהוּתְכֶן",
      "links": [
        [
          "מַהוּתְכֶן",
          "מהותכן#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מַהוּת־",
      "links": [
        [
          "מַהוּת־",
          "מהות#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מַהוּתוֹ",
      "links": [
        [
          "מַהוּתוֹ",
          "מהותו#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מַהוּתָהּ",
      "links": [
        [
          "מַהוּתָהּ",
          "מהותה#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מַהוּתָם",
      "links": [
        [
          "מַהוּתָם",
          "מהותם#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מַהוּתָן",
      "links": [
        [
          "מַהוּתָן",
          "מהותן#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מַהוּיוֹת",
      "links": [
        [
          "מַהוּיוֹת",
          "מהויות#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מהויותיי",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מַהוּיוֹתַי",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מַהוּיוֹתֵינוּ",
      "links": [
        [
          "מַהוּיוֹתֵינוּ",
          "מהויותינו#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הַמַּהוּיוֹת",
      "links": [
        [
          "הַמַּהוּיוֹת",
          "המהויות#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מַהוּיוֹתֶיךָ",
      "links": [
        [
          "מַהוּיוֹתֶיךָ",
          "מהויותיך#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מהויותייך",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מַהוּיוֹתַיִךְ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מַהוּיוֹתֵיכֶם",
      "links": [
        [
          "מַהוּיוֹתֵיכֶם",
          "מהויותיכם#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מַהוּיוֹתֵיכֶן",
      "links": [
        [
          "מַהוּיוֹתֵיכֶן",
          "מהויותיכן#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מַהוּיוֹת־",
      "links": [
        [
          "מַהוּיוֹת־",
          "מהויות#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מַהוּיוֹתָיו",
      "links": [
        [
          "מַהוּיוֹתָיו",
          "מהויותיו#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מַהוּיוֹתֶיהָ",
      "links": [
        [
          "מַהוּיוֹתֶיהָ",
          "מהויותיה#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מַהוּיוֹתָם",
      "links": [
        [
          "מַהוּיוֹתָם",
          "מהויותם#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מַהוּיוֹתָן",
      "links": [
        [
          "מַהוּיוֹתָן",
          "מהויותן#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מהויות",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מַהֻיּוֹת",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מַהֻיּוֹתַי",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מהויותינו",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מַהֻיּוֹתֵינוּ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "המהויות",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הַמַּהֻיּוֹת",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מהויותיך",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מַהֻיּוֹתֶיךָ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מַהֻיּוֹתַיִךְ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מהויותיכם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מַהֻיּוֹתֵיכֶם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מהויותיכן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מַהֻיּוֹתֵיכֶן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מהויות־",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מַהֻיּוֹת־",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מהויותיו",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מַהֻיּוֹתָיו",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מהויותיה",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מַהֻיּוֹתֶיהָ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מהויותם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מַהֻיּוֹתָם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מהויותן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מַהֻיּוֹתָן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "g": "f",
        "pl": "מַהוּיוֹת",
        "pl2": "מהויות",
        "pl2dwv": "מַהֻיּוֹת",
        "tr": "mahút",
        "wv": "מַהוּת"
      },
      "expansion": "מַהוּת • (mahút) f (plural indefinite מַהוּיוֹת or מהויות / מַהֻיּוֹת)",
      "name": "he-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "מַ",
        "הוּת"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "מַהוּת",
        "2": "p",
        "3": "מַהוּיוֹת",
        "4": "p",
        "5": "מהויות/מַהֻיּוֹת"
      },
      "name": "he-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Arabic terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
        "Hebrew feminine nouns",
        "Hebrew lemmas",
        "Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Hebrew noun entries missing plural construct forms",
        "Hebrew noun entries missing singular construct forms",
        "Hebrew nouns",
        "Hebrew terms suffixed with ־ות",
        "Hebrew terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Requests for transliteration of Hebrew quotations",
        "Rhymes:Hebrew/ut",
        "Rhymes:Hebrew/ut/2 syllables"
      ],
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              23,
              27
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
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              39,
              51
            ]
          ],
          "english": "[…] such a description, containing the true essence of the object, is, as we have already shown, nothing else but the explanation of a name.",
          "ref": "a. 1230 CE, Maimonides, “I.52”, in Samuel ibn Tibbon, transl., מורה נבוכים [The Guide for the Perplexed], English translation by Michael Friedländer, 1904:",
          "text": "וזה התואר הוא המורה על מהות הדבר ואמיתתו כבר בארנו שהוא פרוש שם לא דבר אחר.",
          "translation": "[…] such a description, containing the true essence of the object, is, as we have already shown, nothing else but the explanation of a name.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "essence"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "essence",
          "essence"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "טִיב"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/maˈ(h)ut/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ut"
    }
  ],
  "word": "מהות"
}

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    "Pages with entries",
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    "Yiddish lemmas",
    "Yiddish masculine nouns",
    "Yiddish nouns",
    "Yiddish terms borrowed from Hebrew",
    "Yiddish terms derived from Hebrew",
    "Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Yiddish terms with redundant script codes"
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        "2": "he",
        "3": "מַהוּת",
        "tr": "mahút"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Hebrew מַהוּת (mahút)",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
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    {
      "form": "מהות",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plural מהותן",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mehus",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
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      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
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        "2": "noun",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "mehus"
      },
      "expansion": "מהות • (mehus) m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "pl": "n",
        "tr": "mehus"
      },
      "expansion": "מהות • (mehus) m, plural מהותן (mehusn)",
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    }
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    {
      "parts": [
        "מהות"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "substance",
          "substance"
        ],
        [
          "matter",
          "matter"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "essence, nature"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "essence",
          "essence"
        ],
        [
          "nature",
          "nature"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/məˈhuːs/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "מהות"
}

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