mikve

English

Noun

mikve (plural mikves)

  1. Alternative spelling of mikveh.

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew מקווה / מִקְוֶה (mikvé).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɪkvɛ]

Noun

mikve f (indeclinable)

  1. (Judaism) mikveh (a ritual bath in which various Jewish purifications are performed)

Further reading

  • “mikve”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)

Ladino

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew מִקְוֶה / מקווה (mikvé).

Noun

mikvé m (Hebrew spelling מקווה)[1]

  1. (Judaism) mikveh (a ritual bath in which various Jewish purifications are performed)
    • 2005, Aki Yerushalayim‎[1], volumes 26–28, page 12:
      En este muevo kuartier fueron fraguados tambien dos kales, uno eshkenazi i el otro sefaradi ansi ke un mikve para el banyo ritual.
      Two synagogues were also built in this new neighbourhood, one Ashkenazi and the other Sephardi, as well as a mikveh for ritual bathing.

References

  1. ^ “mikve”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola [Treasury of the Judeo-Spanish Language] (in Ladino, Hebrew, and English), Instituto Maale Adumim
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