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datlash

datlash noun: an apostate from Judaism.

Noun

datlash (plural datlashim)

  1. (Judaism, rare) An apostate from Judaism.
    • Most are young people in their twenties and thirties, and they represent an entire spectrum: religious, datlashim (formerly religious, but usually people for whom religion and tradition are still important to some degree),[…]2010 June 24, Nir Hasson, “The Orthodox Jews Fighting the Judaization of East Jerusalem”, in Haaretz, archived from the original on 06 Oct 2022
    Synonyms:
    ex-frum

Synonyms of datlash

  • ex-frum

Forms of datlash

pluraldatlashim

Origin of datlash

Borrowed from Hebrew דַּתְלָ״שׁ (datlásh), from a contraction of דָּתִי לְשֶׁעָבַר (datí l'she'avár, “formerly religious”).

Questions about datlash

What does datlash mean?
Datlash means an apostate from Judaism.
What part of speech is datlash?
Datlash is a noun.
What is the plural of datlash?
The plural of datlash is datlashim.

Words near datlash in the dictionary

  1. dativizes
  2. dativizing
  3. dativus commodi
  4. dativus incommodi
  5. Datiwuy
  6. datlash
  7. Datlow
  8. Datlows
  9. DATMO
  10. dato
  11. datolite

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