yontif

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yontif (YUN-tiff) listen
yom tov (YOHM tohv) listen

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Definitions

  • n. A Jewish holiday, especially one on which work is prohibited (in contrast to chol hamoed).

Example Sentences

  • "Where will you be for yontef?"

  • "I once heard that kreplach enables cheaper cuts and mince to be served in a bekovede way which was necessary in der alter heim when poverty-stricken Yidden wanted to serve meat on semi-Yomtovim like erev Yom Kippur, Hoshanah Rabbah and Purim." (source)

  • "Good yontef, Betty, how are you?" (Glinert)

  • "...as for those loose hinges, I can't do anything till after Yontef." (Glinert)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • TH יום טוב yom tov, lit. 'good day; holiday' > Y יום־טובֿ yóntev

      • Who Uses This

      • Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

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

      Dictionaries

      • The New Joys of Yiddish, by Leo Rosten and Lawrence Bush (New York, 2003[1968]).
      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
      • The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
      • The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).
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      Alternative Spellings

      yontef, yomtov, yomtev, yontev, yom tov, yontoyvim, yontoyv, yontiffim, yontifim, yuntif, yuntef, yom-tov

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