sooth
part of speech
noun (old use, in fairy tales)
meaning for a pupil
Truth. The phrases «in sooth» and «for sooth» mean truly or indeed. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The word here is from "soothing," meaning calming or gentle, and not the old word for truth. Interpretation: Proverbs says gentle speech is a tree of life, while twisted speech hurts the spirit. Tradition teaches that kind words heal. In the primary lessons: in fairy tales, an old word used to say something is really true
examples
- A soothing tongue is a tree of life; but perverseness therein is a wound to the spirit. (Writings PRO.15.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- In sooth, she has no equal! tree →
- For sooth, this is a man I play with. tree →
- Sooth to say, the king was angry. tree →
note
nothing for maths
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «sooth» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.