tallis

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word tallis. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word tallis, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say tallis in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word tallis you have here. The definition of the word tallis will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition oftallis, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

Noun

tallis (plural tallises or talleisim or tallisim or tallism)

  1. Alternative form of tallit
    • 1969, Philip Roth, “The Most Prevalent Form of Degradation in Erotic Life”, in Portnoy’s Complaint‎, New York: Vintage, published 1994, page 202:
      […] the congregants struggle to touch their lips to some part of my new blue Ohrbach’s suit, while the old men press forward to touch their tallises to my sparkling London Character shoes.
    • 2002, Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything Is Illuminated, page 13:
      “The twins hid their bodies under their father's tallis, like ghosts.”

Usage notes

A variant primarily used by Ashkenazic Jews and Yiddish speakers.

Anagrams

Catalan

Verb

tallis

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of tallar
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia