fleishig

Alternative Spellings

fleyshik, fleishik, fleyshig, flayshig

Definitions

• "The general term for food in the meat category, according to the Jewish dietary laws" (JPS)

Example Sentences

• "Be sure to eat the milchig food before the fleishig and not after."

Languages of Origin

Yiddish

Etymology

פֿלײשיק fleyshik

Who Uses This

Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education

Regions

North America

Dictionaries

The New Joys of Yiddish, by Leo Rosten and Lawrence Bush (New York, 2003[1968]).
Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).

Notes

Alternatively fleyshedik. The general term for the category of fleishig foods is "fleishigs" (פֿלײשיקס).