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reshut

reshut verb: to shut again.

Verb

reshut (third-person singular simple present reshuts, present participle reshutting, simple past and past participle reshut)

  1. (transitive) To shut again.

Noun

reshut

  1. (Judaism) An optional prayer.
    • Arvit is a reshut (an optional prayer) and although it has become established and is now mandatory, the Amidah is not repeated by the Sheli'ah Tzibbur.1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 162

Forms of reshut

third-person singular presentreshuts
present participlereshutting
past participlereshut
pastreshut

Origin of reshut

From re- + shut.

From Hebrew רְשׁוּת.

Words formed from reshut

Questions about reshut

What does reshut mean?
Reshut means to shut again.
What part of speech is reshut?
Reshut can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of reshut?
The past tense of reshut is reshut.

Words near reshut in the dictionary

  1. reshufflings
  2. reshunt
  3. reshunted
  4. reshunting
  5. reshunts
  6. reshut
  7. reshuts
  8. reshutting
  9. resi
  10. Resia
  11. Resian

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