רשות

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
ר־שׁ־ה (r-sh-h)
2 terms

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
   • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Shabbat 11:1:

     הַזּוֹרֵק מֵרְשׁוּת הַיָּחִיד לִרְשׁוּת הָרַבִּים אוֹ מֵרְשׁוּת הָרַבִּים לִרְשׁוּת הַיָּחִיד חַיָּב. מֵרְשׁוּת הַיָּחִיד לִרְשׁוּת הַיָּחִיד וּרְשׁוּת הָרַבִּים בָּאֶמְצַע רַבְּי עֲקִיבָה מְחַיֵּב וַחֲכָמִים פּוֹטְרִין׃

     One who throws [on the Sabbath] from the private domain to the public domain or from the public domain to the private domain is liable; [if one throws] from the private domain to the private domain and [passing through] the public domain in the middle—Rabbi Akiva finds [him] liable, but the sages find [him] exempt.

Etymology 2

Root
ר־א־שׁ (r-ʾ-sh)
12 terms

Noun

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

1. authority

   הרשות הפלסטינית ― harashút hafalestínit ― the Palestinian Authority

Derived terms

• רָשׁוּת מְחוֹקֶקֶת (rashút m'khoqéqet)

Etymology 3

Noun

רִשּׁוּת • (rishút) m

1. defective spelling of רישות

References

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

Further reading

• רשות on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

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