s 1 c 3 h 4 w 4 a 1
5 letters · 13 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a neutral middle vowel; occurs in unstressed syllables
originBorrowed from German Schwa, from Hebrew שווא / שְׁוָא (shva, šəwā, “(mark indicating reduction or absence of a vowel)”), borrowed from Classical Syriac ܫ̈ܘܰܝܳܐ (š'wayyā, literally “even, equal”), in Syriac a term for a sign consisting of two vertical dots used to separate parts of a sentence. Doublet of shva.
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