mikveh

名词 n.
/ˈmɪkfə/|/ˈmɪkvə/    /ˈmɪkvə/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A ritual bath in which various Jewish purifications are performed. Judaism
    — On the night before her wedding Channa Washinsky would certainly have immersed herself in the ritually cleansing waters of the mikveh.

词形变化

mikvehs plural mikveot plural mikvos plural mikvot plural mikvoth plural mikvah alternative mikva alternative,uncommon mikve alternative,uncommon mikweh alternative,uncommon miqveh alternative,uncommon miqweh alternative,uncommon

词源

Borrowed from Hebrew מִקְוֶה (mikvé, “collection [of water]”).
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