chag
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English *chagge, from Old English ċeacga, ċeagga (“broom (plant), furze, or gorse”), diminutive of Proto-West Germanic *kagō (“brushwood, bush”), from Proto-Germanic *kagô (“bush”). Cognate with Bavarian Kag (“the stalk or stem of a cabbage”), dialectal Swedish kage (“treestump”), Norwegian Nynorsk kage, kagge (“low lying bush, small tree”). Doublet of cag and keg.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /t͡ʃæɡ/
- Rhymes: -æɡ
Noun[edit]
chag (plural chags)
- (Northern England) A branch of a tree; a branch of broom or gorse.
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Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
chag (plural chagim)
- A Jewish festival or holiday, specifically, Passover, Shavuot, Sukkot and Shemini Atzeret
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