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rachmones

rachmones noun: mercy, compassion, pity.

Noun

rachmones (uncountable)

  1. (Judaism) Mercy, compassion, pity.
    • We all haven’t been lucky enough to have been born Jews, you know. So a little rachmones on the less fortunate, okay?1969, Philip Roth, “The Jewish Blues”, in Portnoy’s Complaint, New York: Vintage, published 1994, page 75
    • Jews are liberals because of rachmones, often translated as compassion, but really so much more.2009 September 27, “‘Why Are Jews Liberals?’”, in New York Times

Origin of rachmones

Borrowed from Yiddish רחמנות (rakhmones, “mercy”).

Questions about rachmones

What does rachmones mean?
Rachmones means mercy, compassion, pity.
What part of speech is rachmones?
Rachmones is a noun.

Words near rachmones in the dictionary

  1. Rachmaninov
  2. Rachmaninovian
  3. Rachmanism
  4. Rachmanite
  5. Rachmanites
  6. rachmones
  7. Rachna
  8. Rachub
  9. rachycentrid
  10. rachycentrids
  11. RACI

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