לוויה

Hebrew edit

Etymology edit

Root
ל־ו־ה (l-w-h)

Compare Aramaic לווייתא.

Noun edit

לוויה / לְוָיָה • (l'vayá) f

funeral

Further reading edit

Klein, Ernest (1987) “לְוָיָה”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 296c

Yiddish edit

Etymology edit

From Hebrew לְוָיָה (l'vayá).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ɫəˈvajə/, /ɫəˈvaɪ̯ə/

Noun edit

לוויה • (levaye) f, plural לוויות (levayes)

funeral

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