English Explanatory Dictionary

chag

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A branch of a tree; a branch of broom or gorse.
noun
  1. A Jewish festival or holiday, specifically, Passover, Shavuot, Sukkot and Shemini Atzeret

Pronunciation

/t͡ʃæɡ/

Word forms

chag chags chagim

Etymology

From Middle English *chagge, from Old English ċeacga, ċeagga (“broom (plant), furze, or gorse”), diminutive of Proto-West Germanic *kagō (“brushwood, bush”), from Proto-Germanic *kagô (“bush”). Cognate with Bavarian Kag (“the stalk or stem of a cabbage”), dialectal Swedish kage (“treestump”), Norwegian Nynorsk kage, kagge (“low lying bush, small tree”). Doublet of cag and keg.

Related words

cag keg chag sameach isru chag

Derived words

Chagford
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