mamzer

English

Alternative forms

• mamser, momser, momzer

Etymology

From Hebrew ממזר (mamzér, “bastard”).

Noun

mamzer (plural mamzers or mamzerim)

1. (Judaism) A child born to Jewish parents whose relationship is incestuous or otherwise forbidden by Jewish law (e.g. an unmarried man and a married woman), or the descendant of such a person.
   • 2001, David L. Lieber and Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 1122:

     No descendant of a mamzer may ever enter the assembly, no matter how many generations later.

2. A child who is born from an incestuous or adulterous relationship; a bastard.
3. A contemptible person; a jerk.

Translations

person of illegitimate birth

• Bulgarian: копеле (bg) n (kopele)
• Czech: mamzer m
• French: mamzer (fr) m
• German: Mamser m, Mamzer m
• Hebrew: מַמְזֵר (he) m (mamzér), מַמְזֶרֶת f (mamzéret)
• Italian: mamzer m
• Japanese: マムゼール
• Polish: mamzer (pl) m
• Russian: мамзер (ru) m (mamzer)
• Yiddish: ממזר m (mamzer), ממזרת f (mamzeret)

Dutch

Alternative forms

• mamzeer (rare)

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish ממזר (mamzer), from Hebrew מַמְזֵר (mamzér).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑm.zər/

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• Hyphenation: mam‧zer

Noun

mamzer m (plural mamzers or mamzeirem)

1. (Judaism) mamzer, bastard (child born from a disallowed relationship)