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sitting shiva

sitting shiva is the present participle and gerund of sit shiva.

Meaning of sit shiva

Verb

sit shiva (third-person singular simple present sits shiva, present participle sitting shiva, simple past and past participle sat shiva)

  1. (Judaism) To take part in the shiva mourning ritual.
    • Did you know that some parents sit shiva […] for 30 days if their child is discovered to be gay?1974 February 2, “Jewish Gay Group”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 32, page 2

Questions about sitting shiva

What is sitting shiva the present participle and gerund of?
Sitting shiva is the present participle and gerund of sit shiva.

Words near sitting shiva in the dictionary

  1. sitting over
  2. sitting pretty
  3. sitting right
  4. sitting room
  5. sitting rooms
  6. sitting shiva
  7. sitting still
  8. sitting table
  9. sitting tables
  10. sitting tenant
  11. sitting tenants

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