zkhus oves

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Definitions

  • n. Ancestral merit; advantage stemming from prestigious ancestry.

Example Sentences

  • "Like Abramovitsh's Shloyme in Shloyme reb khayims, who struggles to maintain his social status based on zkhus oves (the merits of our ancestors) following his father's death, Jonah fights against social injustice by defending the traditional religious and moral values with which he was brought up." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • Y זכות־אָבֿות skhus-oves

      • 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).

      Alternative Spellings

      zchus oves

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