שואה
Hebrew
Alternative forms
- שֹׁאָה (defective spelling)
Noun
שׁוֹאָה • (sho'á) f (plural indefinite שׁוֹאוֹת, singular construct שׁוֹאַת־, plural construct שׁוֹאוֹת־)
- a catastrophe, a ruin
- (specifically) the Holocaust
- (slang) something hard, unbearable
Descendants
- English: Shoah
- French: Shoah
- German: Schoah