או

Aramaic

Alternative forms
  • Syriac: ܐܘ‎

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʔaw/

Conjunction

או • (transliteration needed)

  1. or, either

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʔo/

Interjection

או • (transliteration needed)

  1. woe, alas, O

References
  • “ˀw”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press

Hebrew

Conjunction

אוֹ • ('o)

  1. Or.
    ‏הוא בא, או לא?‎‎
    hu ba, o lo?
    Is he coming, or not?
  2. Either.
    ‏או זה או זה אפשר.‎‎
    o ze o ze efshár.
    You can have either this one or this one.

Usage notes
  • Hebrew אוֹ is used much as English or, and Hebrew אוֹ … אוֹ is used much as English either … or. The main difference is that אוֹ … אוֹ cannot by itself introduce two complete clauses; rather, in this case, each clause must be introduced by ש־‎ (“that”):
    או שאתה כן, או שאתה לא.‎
    o she'ata ken, o she'ata lo.
    Either you do, or you don't.
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