שחיטה

Hebrew
Root
שׁ־ח־ט‎ (š-ḥ-ṭ)

Pronunciation

Noun

שְׁחִיטָה • (sh'khitá) f (plural indefinite שְׁחִיטוֹת‎, singular construct שְׁחִיטַת־‎) [pattern: קְטִילָה]

  1. slaughter, butchery (the killing of animals, generally for food)
    ‏שחיטה כשרה‎ ― sh'khita k'shera ― kosher slaughter
  2. slaughter, butchery, massacre (the killing of many people)
    Synonyms: הֶרֶג‎ (héreg), טֶבַח‎ (tévaḥ)
    • 2015 September 17, Avi Kohen, “פתק על הניידת: "שוטר טוב זה שוטר מת"‎”, in Israel HaYom:
      ‏"אם משטרה מתנכלת ותומכת ברצח אזרחים, קריאה לשחיטת שוטרים אינה נחשבת הסתה. שוטר טוב זה שוטר מת..."‎‎
      "im mishtará mitnakélet vetoméchet berétsach ezrachím, kri'á leshchitát shotrím eyná nechshévet hasatá. shotér tov ze shotér met..."
      "If the police harass and support murder of civillians, call for the slaughter of police officers is not considered incitement. A good cop is a dead cop..."

Declension

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Yiddish

Alternative forms
  • שכיטע‎ (shkhite) — Soviet phonetic spelling

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Noun

שחיטה • (shkhite) f

  1. slaughter
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