משומד

Yiddish

Alternative forms
  • מעשומעד (meshumed) — Soviet phonetic spelling

Etymology

From Hebrew מְשֻׁמָּד.

Noun

משומד • (meshumed) m, plural משומדים (meshumodim)

  1. apostate
  • שמד (shmad)

References
  • Uriel Weinreich (1977) “apostate”, in Modern English-Yiddish, Yiddish-English Dictionary, New York: Schocken Books, page 16
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