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chag

UK/t͡ʃæɡ/

chag noun: a branch of a tree; a branch of broom or gorse.

Noun (1)

chag (plural chags)

  1. (Northern England) A branch of a tree; a branch of broom or gorse.

Noun (2)

chag (plural chagim)

  1. A Jewish festival or holiday, specifically, Passover, Shavuot, Sukkot and Shemini Atzeret

Forms of chag

pluralchags
pluralchagim

Origin of chag

From Middle English *chagge, from Old English ċeacga, ċeagga (“broom (plant), furze, or gorse”), diminutive of Proto-West Germanic *kagō (“brushwood, bush”), from Proto-Germanic *kagô (“bush”). Cognate with Bavarian Kag (“the stalk or stem of a cabbage”), dialectal Swedish kage (“treestump”), Norwegian Nynorsk kage, kagge (“low lying bush, small tree”). Doublet of cag and keg.

From Hebrew חַג (khag).

Words formed from chag

Words that rhyme with chag

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Questions about chag

What does chag mean?
Chag means a branch of a tree; a branch of broom or gorse.
What part of speech is chag?
Chag is a noun.
How do you pronounce chag?
Chag is pronounced /t͡ʃæɡ/ (UK).
What is the plural of chag?
The plural of chag is chags.

Words near chag in the dictionary

  1. chaft
  2. chafta
  3. chafts
  4. chafuroside
  5. chafurosides
  6. chag
  7. chag sameach
  8. chaga
  9. chagal
  10. Chagall
  11. Chagallian

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