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abishag

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.05 in modern English

Syllables
abishag
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The illegitimate child of an unmarried woman and a married man.

Archaic

Etymology

From Hebrew אבישג (“Avishag”, literally “Father of error” or “the Father wanders”), from אבי (avi, “father of; my father”) and שגג (shagag, “to go astray; to err; to sin”).

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Inflected Forms

Abishags (plural)

Questions

What does abishag mean?
The illegitimate child of an unmarried woman and a married man.
Where does abishag come from?
It is traced to Hebrew.

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