Home › Words › P › patachpatachpatach means A vowel point in the Hebrew script appearing as a horizontal line placed below a letter (ִ◌ַ) and designating the open vowel a /a/.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, patach ranks #16,733 of 42,749 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom Hebrew פַּתַח. Doublet of fatha.nounA vowel point in the Hebrew script appearing as a horizontal line placed below a letter (ִ◌ַ) and designating the open vowel a /a/.e.g.“Some replace the patah under the letter hay with a kametz and say Elohoi to indicate this grammatical pause.” — 1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 125:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.pashta 68% match — A cantillation mark found in Hebrew religious texts. vs patach →fatha 65% match — In Arabic script, the vowel point for a, appearing as a diagonal line placed above a letter ( ـَ ) and designating a short a /a/. If the Arabic letters ا (أَلِف (ʔalif)) or ى (أَلِف مَقْصُورَة (ʔalif maqṣūra)) immediately follow, it indicates a long ā /aː/. vs patach →shva 58% match — 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. vs patach →patache 57% match — A dispatch-boat; a small vessel used to communicate between the vessels of a fleet. vs patach →patacoon 56% match — Synonym of pataca. vs patach →maqaf 55% match — The Hebrew script hyphen (־) vs patach →dagesh 54% match — A symbol used in Hebrew script to denote a geminated consonant, or a consonant pronounced as a plosive as opposed to as a fricative. vs patach →parashah 53% match — A section of a book in the Hebrew text of the Tanakh, which may be open (a petuhah) or closed (a setumah). vs patach →