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tref
[ treyf ]
adjective
- Judaism. unfit to be eaten or used, according to religious laws; not kosher.
tref
/ ˈtreɪfə; treɪf /
adjective
- Judaism ritually unfit to be eaten; not kosher
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tref1
< Yiddish treyf < Hebrew ṭərēphāh “torn flesh,” literally, “something torn”
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tref1
Yiddish, from Hebrew terēphāh , literally: torn (i.e., animal meat torn by beasts), from tāraf to tear
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Example Sentences
Tref, having been put upon the scent, followed the trail through several streets until he came to a night-shelter.
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Whereupon she told me that it was called Tref y Talcot—the village of the tollgate.
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Whereupon she told me that it was called Tref y Talcot—the village of the toll-gate.
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Llanfair tref Helygon,—The parish church was in ruins many years ago; the oldest inhabitant does not remember it standing.
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