shul
English
Etymology
From Yiddish שול (shul, “school, synagogue”), from Old High German scuola (“school”), from Latin schola, from Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ). Doublet of school.
Pronunciation
Noun
shul (plural shuls)
- The synagogue.
- 2006, Howard Jacobson, Kalooki Nights, Vintage 2007, p. 146:
- That Asher's mind would have also been on Elohim, at this moment receiving prayers in Asher's shul, goes without saying.
- 2019 September 6, Jordan Weissman, “How Not to Fight Anti-Semitism”, in Slate[1]:
- Unfortunately, she has used the attack as a launch pad for a bizarre and undercooked exercise in rhetorical bothsidesism, in which she argues that American Jews should be just as worried about college students who overzealously criticize Israel as they are about the aspiring Einsatzgruppen who shoot up shuls.
- 2006, Howard Jacobson, Kalooki Nights, Vintage 2007, p. 146:
Anagrams
Albanian
Etymology 1
From South Slavic; compare Serbo-Croatian šȗlj (“block of wood”).[1]
Noun
shul m (plural shule, definite shuli, definite plural shulet)
- wooden pole
- gate bar, door bolt
- gun bolt
- roller bar (of loom)
- (nautical) boatmast
- (architecture) tie beam
Declension
Declension of shul
Related terms
Etymology 2
Adverb
shul
Related terms
References
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shul”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 445
Spanish
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Yiddish שול (shul).
Noun
shul m (plural shules)
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