ליל כל הקדושים

Hebrew

Etymology

From לֵיל (leil, “night or evening of”) +‎ כָּל (kol, “all of”) +‎ ה־ (ha-, “the”) +‎ קְּדוֹשִׁים (k'doshim, “saints”), calque of English Halloween, itself a shortening of All-Hallow-even, All Hallows’ Eve (the name of the evening before All Saints Day).

Proper noun

לֵיל כָּל הַקְּדוֹשִׁים • (leil kol hak'doshím) m

  1. Halloween
    • 2015, Claire Keegan, ללכת בשדות הכחולים, Zikit Publishing House, translation of Walk the Blue Fields (in English), →ISBN:
      בבוקר חג המולד הוא נכנס לאמבטיה. הוא לא עשה אמבטיה מאז ליל כל הקדושים.
      [original: On Christmas morning he entered the bath. He hadn't had a bath since Halloween.]
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