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Hebrew
Etymology 1
Noun
רְשׁוּת • (r'shút) f (plural indefinite רשויות / רְשֻׁיּוֹת)
- permission, authorization
- 8th c., Masekhet Soferim
הַנֵּרוֹת הַלָּלוּ קֹדֶשׁ הֵן, וְאֵין לָנוּ רְשׁוּת לְהִשְׁתַּמֵּשׁ בָּהֵן, אֶלָּא לִרְאוֹתָן בִּלְבָד- These candles are holy, and we do not have permission to use them, only to look at them.
- optional, elective
- possession, domain
Etymology 2
Noun
רָשׁוּת • (rashút) f (plural indefinite רָשׁוּיוֹת, plural construct רָשׁוּיוֹת־)
- authority
- הרשות הפלסטינית ― harashút hafalestínit ― the Palestinian Authority
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Noun
רִשּׁוּת • (rishút) m
- defective spelling of רישות
References
- “רשות” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
Yiddish
- רעשוס (reshus) — Soviet phonetic spelling
Etymology
From Hebrew רָשׁוּת.
Noun
רשות • (reshus) m
- power, authority
References
- Uriel Weinreich (1977) “authority”, in Modern English-Yiddish, Yiddish-English Dictionary, New York: Schocken Books, page 23