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English
Noun
mikve (plural mikves)
- Alternative spelling of mikveh
Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew מקווה / מִקְוֶה (mikvé).
Noun
mikve f (indeclinable)
- (Judaism) mikveh (ritual bath in which various Jewish purifications are performed)
Further reading
- “mikve”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)