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Noun: shivah  shi-vu
  1. (Judaism) a period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative
    "the family is sitting shivah";
    - shiva, shibah

Sounds like: shivah

Derived forms: shivahs

Type of: hebdomad, week

Encyclopedia: Shivah, Zanjan