yerushe
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Definitions

  • n. An inheritance.

  • n. Heritage.

Example Sentences

  • "His yerushe is the perfect tribute to his father’s memory. It will help preserve, strengthen, and perpetuate Yiddish culture for countless generations to come." (source)

  • "If there are 7 children and he is the eldest, the Yerusha would likely be divided 8 ways, and he would receive two shares." (source)

  • "The only thing we were left in the yerusha was a matching pair of brass ducks." (Glinert)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • TH ירושה yerusha > Y ירושה yerushe

      • Who Uses This

      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      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).
      • Yinglish: A Lexicon of Judeo-English by Aliza Bulow

      Alternative Spellings

      yerusheh, yerushah, yerusha

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