English Explanatory Dictionary

shecht

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. to perform shechita, to ritually slaughter

Word forms

shecht shechts shechting shechted

Etymology

From Yiddish שעכטן (shekhtn), from Hebrew שָׁחַט (shakhát) (Ashkenazi Hebrew: Shókhat).

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