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mishnaic

Mish·nah
M m

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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [English, Ashkenazic Hebrew mish-nuh; Sephardic Hebrew meesh-nah]
    • /English, Ashkenazic Hebrew ˈmɪʃ nə; Sephardic Hebrew miʃˈnɑ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [English, Ashkenazic Hebrew mish-nuh; Sephardic Hebrew meesh-nah]
    • /English, Ashkenazic Hebrew ˈmɪʃ nə; Sephardic Hebrew miʃˈnɑ/

Definitions of mishnaic word

  • noun plural mishnaic the collection of oral laws compiled about a.d. 200 by Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi and forming the basic part of the Talmud. 1
  • noun plural mishnaic an article or section of this collection. 1

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Origin of mishnaic

First appearance:

before 1600
One of the 39% oldest English words
First recorded in 1600-10, Mishnah is from the Medieval Hebrew word mishnāh literally, teaching by oral repetition

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Parts of speech for Mishnaic

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

mishnaic popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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