simcha
Pronunciations
simcha | (SIM-chuh) | listen |
Definitions
n. "A joyous occasion; a celebration" (JPS); usually related to a lifecycle event.
Example Sentences
"What a simchah!" (said by a friend to my dad in reference to our wedding which he had attended) or "Baruch hashem, I have so many simchas to go to this week!"
Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
- Yiddish
Etymology
Heb שמחה simkhá 'happiness', Yiddish שׂימחה símkhe 'a celebration, party'
- Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
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- View More
- The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
- The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).
- Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).
- Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).
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Alternative Spellings
simchah, simkhe
Notes
Plural simchas / simchahs or simchot / simchos.
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