רשות
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Hebrew
[edit]Etymology 1
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ר־שׁ־ה (r-sh-h) |
Noun
[edit]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.
- 8th c., Masekhet Soferim
- optional, elective
- possession, domain
- a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Shabbat 11:1:
- הַזּוֹרֵק מֵרְשׁוּת הַיָּחִיד לִרְשׁוּת הָרַבִּים אוֹ מֵרְשׁוּת הָרַבִּים לִרְשׁוּת הַיָּחִיד חַיָּב. מֵרְשׁוּת הַיָּחִיד לִרְשׁוּת הַיָּחִיד וּרְשׁוּת הָרַבִּים בָּאֶמְצַע רַבְּי עֲקִיבָה מְחַיֵּב וַחֲכָמִים פּוֹטְרִין׃
- One who throws [on the Sabbath] from the private domain to the public domain or from the public domain to the private domain is liable; [if one throws] from the private domain to the private domain and [passing through] the public domain in the middle—Rabbi Akiva finds [him] liable, but the sages find [him] exempt.
Etymology 2
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ר־א־שׁ (r-ʾ-sh) |
Noun
[edit]רָשׁוּת • (rashút) f (plural indefinite רָשׁוּיוֹת, plural construct רָשׁוּיוֹת־)
- authority
- הרשות הפלסטינית ― harashút hafalestínit ― the Palestinian Authority
Derived terms
[edit]- רָשׁוּת מְחוֹקֶקֶת (rashút m'khoqéqet)
Etymology 3
[edit]Noun
[edit]רִשּׁוּת • (rishút) m
References
[edit]- “רשות” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
[edit]- רשות on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
Yiddish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- רעשוס (reshus) — Soviet phonetic spelling
Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]רשות • (reshus) m
References
[edit]- Uriel Weinreich (1977) “authority”, in Modern English-Yiddish, Yiddish-English Dictionary, New York: Schocken Books, page 23
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- Hebrew terms belonging to the root ר־שׁ־ה
- Hebrew lemmas
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- Hebrew terms with usage examples
- Hebrew masculine nouns ending in ־ת
- Hebrew masculine nouns
- Hebrew defective spellings
- Yiddish terms borrowed from Hebrew
- Yiddish terms derived from Hebrew
- Yiddish terms derived from the Hebrew root ר־א־שׁ
- Yiddish lemmas
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