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."