שואה

Hebrew

Root
שׁ־א־ה (sh-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־)

1. a catastrophe, a ruin
2. (slang) something hard, unbearable

Proper noun

הַשּׁוֹאָה • (hasho'á) f

1. (history) Shoah (the systematic mass murder of six million Jews perpetrated by Nazi Germany shortly before and during World War II)

Descendants

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

Further reading

• שואה on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he