נשמה־ליכט

Yiddish

Etymology

נשמה (neshome, “soul”) +‎ ליכט (likht, “candle”)

Noun

נשמה־ליכט • (neshome-likht) f or n, plural נשמה־ליכט (neshome-likht)

  1. soul candle (a candle lit to honor the deceased, and/or on the eve of Yom Kippur)

References

  • Justus van de Kamp et al., “נשמה־ליכט” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). [1].
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.