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shecht

shecht verb: to perform shechita, to ritually slaughter.

Verb

shecht (third-person singular simple present shechts, present participle shechting, simple past and past participle shechted)

  1. (Judaism) to perform shechita, to ritually slaughter

Forms of shecht

third-person singular presentshechts
present participleshechting
past participleshechted
pastshechted

Origin of shecht

From Yiddish שעכטן (shekhtn), from Hebrew שָׁחַט (shakhát) (Ashkenazi Hebrew: Shókhat).

Questions about shecht

What does shecht mean?
Shecht means to perform shechita, to ritually slaughter.
What part of speech is shecht?
Shecht is a verb.
What is the past tense of shecht?
The past tense of shecht is shechted.

Words near shecht in the dictionary

  1. shechinah
  2. shechinahs
  3. shechinas
  4. shechita
  5. shechitah
  6. shecht
  7. Sheck
  8. Sheckler
  9. Shecklers
  10. shecock
  11. shecocks

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