משומד

Yiddish

Alternative forms

• מעשומעד (meshumed) — Soviet phonetic spelling

Etymology

From Hebrew מְשֻׁמָּד.

Noun

משומד • (meshumed) m, plural משומדים (meshumodim)

1. apostate

Related terms

• שמד (shmad)

References

• Uriel Weinreich (1977) “apostate”, in Modern English-Yiddish, Yiddish-English Dictionary, New York: Schocken Books, page 16