negios
Edit
Record a Pronunciation

Definitions

  • n. A conflict of interest.

Example Sentences

  • “If you feel your chavrusashaft with him means that you have negios, don't make any suggestions to him about how he should change his schedule for learning.” (Weiser)

  • "Those students too innovated and engineered new ways of breaking through the barrier of negios and the overcoming the seductions of the Satan." (source)

Record a Sentence

Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew

Etymology

  • נגיעות

      • Who Uses This

      • Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).
      • Yinglish: A Lexicon of Judeo-English by Aliza Bulow

      Alternative Spellings

      negius

Notes


Edit     Something missing from this entry? Inaccurate? Feel free to suggest an edit.

Share this word: