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galus

galus is the alternative form of galut.

Meaning of galut

Noun

galut (plural galuts)

  1. The Jewish Diaspora (dispersion from Israel).
    • At times we sense a heavy cloud of melancholy settling upon the spiirit, as a result of century-long suffering under the pressure of the Golus.1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 391

Forms of galus

pluralgaluses

Questions about galus

What is galus the alternative form of?
Galus is the alternative form of galut.

Words near galus in the dictionary

  1. galumpki
  2. galumpkis
  3. galumptious
  4. galunisertib
  5. galuptious
  6. galus
  7. galuses
  8. Galusha
  9. Galushas
  10. galushki
  11. galut

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Adapted from Wiktionary: galus (page history and authors); galut (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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