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tref

[ treyf ]

adjective

  1. Judaism. unfit to be eaten or used, according to religious laws; not kosher.


tref

/ ˈtreɪfə; treɪf /

adjective

  1. Judaism ritually unfit to be eaten; not kosher
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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.

Whereupon she told me that it was called Tref y Talcot—the village of the tollgate.

Whereupon she told me that it was called Tref y Talcot—the village of the toll-gate.

Llanfair tref Helygon,—The parish church was in ruins many years ago; the oldest inhabitant does not remember it standing.

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