sukkah

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Pronunciations

sukkah (SUU-kuh) listen

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Definitions

  • n. A temporary dwelling used during the holiday of Sukkot.

Example Sentences

  • "But in a year of firsts, and of unexpected campaign biographies, it would be foolish to dismiss the possibility that Dr. Shulman could make his own dent in the glass sukkah and mount a serious challenge to one of the most conservative members of Congress." (source)

  • "I brought five soups out into the sukkah, but some leaves fell into one of them so we'll need one more." (Glinert)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew

Etymology

  • סוכה

      • Who Uses This

      • Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education

      Regions

      • North America
      • Australia / New Zealand
      • Great Britain
      • South Africa

      Dictionaries

      • The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
      • The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).
      • Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).

      Alternative Spellings

      suka, succah, sukke, suke, sukkeh, sukeh, sukkah, sukah, sukka

Notes

  • Some only eat in the sukkah while others also sleep in it.

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