Etymology

patach

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Today it means: A vowel point in the Hebrew script appearing as a horizontal line placed below a letter (ִ◌ַ) and designating the open vowel a /a/. Full definition →

Hebrew פַּתַח
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  1. Hebrew · borrowed fromפַּתַח
  2. English todaypatach

From Hebrew פַּתַח. Doublet of fatha.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.