shivah
['ʃivə]
- n. [希伯来语] 七日丧期 [亦作 shibah]
- 短语:
- sit shivah 遵守七日丧期的习俗
英英释义
- 1. (Judaism) a period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative;
- "the family is sitting shiva"
英文词源
- shivah (n.)
- seven days of mourning in Jewish religious custom, 1892, from Hebrew shibhah "seven," short for shibh'ath yeme ha'ebhel "the seven days of mourning."