zav
noun
zav is a noun meaning “A state of ritual impurity arising from abnormal seminal discharge by the male” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled Z-A-V, and it appears about once in every 52 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of zav is zavs.
What does zav mean?
noun
- 1
A state of ritual impurity arising from abnormal seminal discharge by the male.
- 2
A person who is impure for this reason.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of zav
- zavs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is zav?
Zav appears about once in every 52 million words in written English, the 225,584th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does zav come from?
From Hebrew זָב (zav, “flow”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).