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Shabbos

Pronunciation: /ˈʃabəs/

(also Shabbes)
Definition of Shabbos

noun

  • (among Ashkenazic Jews) the Sabbath: we didn’t cook on Shabbos [as exclamation]:Good Shabbos, Mr SchoenCompare with Shabbat.

Origin:

Yiddish, from Hebrew šabbāṯ

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Definition of Shabbos in the US English dictionary
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