luakh

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Pronunciations

luakh (LOO-uhkh) listen

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Definitions

  • n. A Jewish calendar.

  • n. A blackboard.

Example Sentences

  • "Do you have a luach handy, Elliot, so I can check when Yom Kippur is?" (Glinert)

  • "Class, who can come up to the luach and write their answer to the question?"

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Modern Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • TH לוח luach 'table, tablet' > MH לוח luach 'calendar; blackboard', Y לוח luekh 'Jewish calendar'

      • Who Uses This

      • Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
      • Israel: Diaspora Jews who feel connected to Israel and have spent time there

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).
      • Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).

      Alternative Spellings

      luah, luach, luech, luekh

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