sukkah

American  

[soo-kah, sook-uh] / suˈkɑ, ˈsʊk ə /

Or succah

noun

Hebrew.

plural

sukkoth, sukkot, sukkos,

plural

sukkahs

1. a booth or hut roofed with branches, built against or near a house or synagogue and used during the Jewish festival of Sukkoth as a temporary dining or living area.

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sukkah British  

/ ˈsukə, ˈsukɔ, suˈkɑ /

noun

1. Also called: tabernacle.  a temporary structure with a roof of branches in which orthodox Jews eat and, if possible, sleep during the festival of Sukkoth

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Etymology

Origin of sukkah

sukkāh literally, booth

Example Sentences

Hired security guards then removed the sukkah, according to the Bruin.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2024

The holiday of Sukkot, which follows Yom Kippur, is named after the huts, or sukkah, that represent the shelters freed Jews in their 40 years in the wilderness.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 7, 2023

Jewish congregations have scheduled sukkah time slots by pod, and one retreat center offered rentals for one POD, or People of your Own Designation, at a time.

From Slate • Mar. 9, 2021

Indursky and Elon met in 2008, at an acquaintance’s sukkah.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 14, 2019

He slumped back against the side of the sukkah and said, “If that’s not the strangest thing I’ve seen in a long time.”

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack