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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Hebrew היתר

Noun edit

heter

  1. Special permission from a rabbi to break a commandment.
    • 1995 February 3, YOSEF KAZEN, “Petitions, Acceptance, and Moshiach”, in soc.culture.jewish[1] (Usenet):
      What comes to mind is the famous issue on ZIM SHIPPING - an Israeli company owned by Jews and they tried to get a heter for running their ships on Shabbos.

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Pronunciation edit

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -eːtər

Adjective edit

heter

  1. comparative degree of heet

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Norwegian Bokmål edit

Verb edit

heter

  1. present tense of hete (Etymologies 3 & 4)

Old Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse heitr, from Proto-Germanic *haitaz.

Adjective edit

hēter

  1. hot

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Swedish: het

Polish edit

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Noun edit

heter f

  1. genitive plural of hetera

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Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

heter

  1. present indicative of heta