mikve

English

Noun

mikve (plural mikves)

  1. Alternative spelling of mikveh.

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew מקווה / מִקְוֶה (mikvé).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɪkvɛ]

Noun

mikve f (indeclinable)

  1. (Judaism) mikveh (ritual bath in which various Jewish purifications are performed)

Further reading

  • “mikve”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
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