succoth

Other forms of succoth

plural

succoths·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about succoth

What does succoth mean?

succoth means "a major Jewish festival beginning on the eve of the 15th of Tishri and commemorating the shelter of the Israelites during their 40 years in the wilderness".

How many syllables are in succoth?

succoth has 2 syllables: suc-coth. The stress falls on "suc".

What is another word for succoth?

Close synonyms include Sukkoth, Succos, Feast of Booths, Feast of Tabernacles, Tabernacles. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is succoth a common word?

succoth is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.