Hebrew edit

Etymology 1 edit

Root
ר־שׁ־ה (r-š-h)

Noun edit

רְשׁוּת (r'shútf (plural indefinite רשויות / רְשֻׁיּוֹת)

  1. 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.
  2. optional, elective
  3. possession, domain

Etymology 2 edit

Root
ר־א־שׁ (r-ʾ-š)

Noun edit

רָשׁוּת (rashútf (plural indefinite רָשׁוּיוֹת, plural construct רָשׁוּיוֹת־)

  1. authority
    הרשות הפלסטיניתharashút hafalestínitthe Palestinian Authority
Derived terms edit

Etymology 3 edit

Noun edit

רִשּׁוּת (rishútm

  1. defective spelling of רישות

References edit

  • רשות” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading edit

Yiddish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Hebrew רָשׁוּת.

Noun edit

רשות (reshusm

  1. power, authority

References edit

  • Uriel Weinreich (1977) “authority”, in Modern English-Yiddish, Yiddish-English Dictionary, New York: Schocken Books, page 23