mikve

English

Noun

mikve (plural mikves)

1. Alternative spelling of mikveh

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew מקווה / מִקְוֶה (mikvé).

Noun

mikve f (indeclinable)

1. (Judaism) mikveh (ritual bath in which various Jewish purifications are performed)

Further reading

• “mikve”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)