Chag

//t͡ʃæɡ// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A branch of a tree; a branch of broom or gorse. Northern-England
  2. 2
    A Jewish festival or holiday, specifically, Passover, Shavuot, Sukkot and Shemini Atzeret

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

From Hebrew חַג (khag).

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