onev
Definitions
n. A humble person.
Example Sentences
"Basically he was a Gaon in being an Onev! Klall yisroel doesnt know what they lost!" (source)
Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
- Yiddish
Etymology
Y ענװ onev
- Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
- Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage
- North America
- Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
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Notes
plural: 'anovim'
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