שמיני עצרת
Hebrew
Proper noun
שְׁמִינִי עֲצֶרֶת • (sh'miní 'atséret) m (Biblical Hebrew pausal form שְׁמִינִי עֲצָרֶת)
- (Judaism) Shemini Atzeret (a Jewish holiday (holy day) occurring on the eighth day after the start of Sukkot)
Yiddish
Etymology
From Hebrew שְׁמִינִי עֲצֶרֶת (sh'miní 'atséret, literally “the eighth [day] of assembly”).