רשות

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
ר־שׁ־ה‎ (r-š-h)

Noun

רְשׁוּת • (r'shút) f (plural indefinite רשויות / רְשֻׁיּוֹת‎)

  1. permission, authorization
    • 8th c., Masekhet Soferim
      • ‏הַנֵּרוֹת הַלָּלוּ קֹדֶשׁ הֵן, וְאֵין לָנוּ רְשׁוּת לְהִשְׁתַּמֵּשׁ בָּהֵן, אֶלָּא לִרְאוֹתָן בִּלְבָד‎
        These candles are holy, and we do not have permission to use them, only to look at them.
  2. optional, elective
  3. possession, domain

Etymology 2

Root
ר־א־שׁ‎ (r-ʾ-š)

Noun

רָשׁוּת • (rashút) f (plural indefinite רָשׁוּיוֹת‎, plural construct רָשׁוּיוֹת־‎)

  1. authority
    ‏הרשות הפלסטינית‎ ― harashút hafalestínit ― the Palestinian Authority
Derived terms

Noun

רִשּׁוּת • (rishút) m

  1. defective spelling of רישות‎

References

  • “רשות” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

Yiddish

Alternative forms

  • רעשוס‎ (reshus) – Soviet phonetic spelling

Etymology

From Hebrew רָשׁוּת‎.

Noun

רשות • (reshus) m

  1. power, authority

References

  • Uriel Weinreich (1977), “authority”, in Modern English-Yiddish, Yiddish-English Dictionary, New York: Schocken Books, page 23
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