ראש השנה

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See also: ראָש־השנה

Hebrew

Etymology

From רֹאשׁ (rosh-, “head of”) + הַשָּׁנָה (hashaná, “the year”); hence literally “the head of the year”.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה • (rosh-hashaná) m

  1. (Judaism) Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish holiday marking the start of the liturgical year, taking place on the first two days of Tishrei, 163 days after the first day of Passover)
  2. (more generally) Any of the four new years laid out in the Mishnah.

Descendants

Proper noun

רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה • (rosh-hashaná) m

  1. Rosh Hashanah; a book of the Mishnah, and the corresponding books of the Gemarah.

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Ladino

Etymology

From Hebrew ראש השנה.

Pronunciation

Noun

ראש השנה m (Hebrew spelling, Latin spelling Rosh Ashana)

  1. Rosh Hashanah
    • 1910, Ben Yitzhak Saserdoti, Refael i Miriam, page 3:
      אירה אונה די אקילייאס מאדֿרוגאדֿאס פֿריסקאס אי טיירנאס אין איל מיס די סיפטימברי, אינטרי ראש השנה אי יום כפור.
      Era una de akelyas maḏrugaḏas freskas i tiernas en el mes de septembre, entre Rosh Ashana i Yom Kippur.
      It was one of those fresh, tender early mornings in the month of September, between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
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