rekhiles

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Definitions

  • n. Slander, gossip; tattling.

Example Sentences

  • "Rekhiles, gossip, was nayes [news] on a local level, involving people known to the interlocutors." (source)

  • "Tell me again what she said about me—no, don't, it's just rechilut." (Glinert)

  • "This article is about a horrible incident that is occurring in our Torah community that must be stopped immediately. It is Lashon Hara, rechilus, and Motzai Shem Rah about a remarkable Yeshiva." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • TH רכילות rekhilut > Y רכילות rekhiles

      • Who Uses This

      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage
      • Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
      • The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).

      Alternative Spellings

      rechiles, rekhilas, rechilas, rechilut, rekhilut, richilut, rikhilut, rikhilus, richilus, rechilus, rekhilus, rekhilut, rechilut

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