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shva

/ʃvɑː/

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From Hebrew שווא / שְׁוָא (shvá, šəwɔʾ). Doublet of schwa.

noun shvas · schwa · sheva · shewa

A Hebrew nikud vowel sign written as two vertical dots beneath a letter, in Israeli Hebrew indicating either the phoneme /e/ or the complete absence of a vowel.

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@misc{shva_2026,
  title = {shva},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shva},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}