labriut
Pronunciations
labriut | (LAHB-bree-OOT) | listen |
Definitions
interj. "Bless you." (after someone sneezes) [lit., "to health"] (Glinert)
Example Sentences
"Achoo!" "La briut"
Languages of Origin
- Modern Hebrew
Etymology
לבריאות
- Israel: Diaspora Jews who feel connected to Israel and have spent time there
- North America
- Great Britain
- South Africa
- The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
- The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).
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Alternative Spellings
la briut, l'briyut, l'briut, libriyut, labriyut, libriut, labreut, livreut
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