רשות
Hebrew
editEtymology 1
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ר־שׁ־ה (r-sh-h) |
Noun
editרְשׁוּת • (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
editרָשׁוּת • (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
editNoun
editרִשּׁוּת • (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
editAlternative forms
edit- רעשוס (reshus) — Soviet phonetic spelling
Etymology
editNoun
editרשות • (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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