תחת

עברית

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תחת

/ˈta.χat/ Modern Israeli
/ˈta.xas/
[ˈta.xəs]
/ˈta.ħat/
/ˈtæ.ħæθ/
/ˈta.ħaθ/

Where it comes from

Related to Arabic تَحْتَ (taḥta), Ge'ez ታሕተ (taḥtä), Ugaritic 𐎚𐎈𐎚 (tḥt /⁠taḥta⁠/).

The "buttocks" sense might be a semantic loan from Yiddish תּחת (tokhes).

preposition תַּחַת · tákhat · תַּחְתַּי · תַּחְתֵּנִי · תַּחְתֵּינוּ

below
underneath
in lieu of
instead of וַיִּשָּׂא אַבְרָהָם אֶת עֵינָיו וַיַּרְא וְהִנֵּה אַיִל אַחַר נֶאֱחַז בַּסְּבַךְ בְּקַרְנָיו וַיֵּלֶךְ אַבְרָהָם וַיִּקַּח אֶת הָאַיִל וַיַּעֲלֵהוּ לְעֹלָה תַּחַת בְּנוֹ׃
as successor to

noun תַּחַת · tákhat

bottom
underside
vulgar butt, ass

In English

ass buttocks
under at a lower level than
bottom euphemistic: buttocks or anus
butt buttocks

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {תחת},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%AA%D7%97%D7%AA},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}