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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lulav

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.36 in modern English

Syllables
lulav
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A festive bouquet of willow, myrtle and a closed date palm frond, used in Jewish ritual on Sukkot.

noun

a closed date palm frond used in this bouquet

Etymology

From Hebrew לולב (luláv).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

lulavs (plural) lulab (alternative)

Phrases

shake the lulav wave the lulav

Questions

What does lulav mean?
A festive bouquet of willow, myrtle and a closed date palm frond, used in Jewish ritual on Sukkot.
Where does lulav come from?
It is traced to Hebrew.

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