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# reddish

«reddish» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a little red, or nearly red, but not completely…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (reddish)

### meaning for a pupil

Reddish means a little red, or nearly red, but not completely («reddish-brown hair»). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reddish/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the laws of Leviticus a reddish-white spot on the skin is a sign the priest must check for tzaraat. Interpretation: Tradition says the priest, not a doctor, decides whether the person is unclean; the skin condition is read as a sign tied to wrongdoing such as gossip, and is not just a disease. In the primary lessons: In science and art lessons about colour, «-ish» words describe colours that are not pure: reddish, greenish, bluish. In science, Mars is called the Red Planet for its reddish soil. In stories, a reddish sky at sunset or a reddish glow sets the scene.

### examples

- and in the place of the boil there is a white rising, or a bright spot, reddish-white, then it shall be shown to the priest. (Torah LEV.13.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reddish/#x1)
- Or when the flesh hath in the skin thereof a burning by fire, and the quick flesh of the burning become a bright spot, reddish-white, or white; (Torah LEV.13.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reddish/#x2)
- But if there be in the bald head, or the bald forehead, a reddish-white plague, it is leprosy breaking out in his bald head, or his bald forehead. (Torah LEV.13.42, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reddish/#x3)
- Mars looks reddish in the night sky. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reddish/#x4)
- The leaves turned reddish in autumn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reddish/#x5)
- She has reddish-brown hair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reddish/#x6)
- The sky was reddish at sunset. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reddish/#x7)
- Rust is a reddish-brown colour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reddish/#x8)
- His face went reddish when he was embarrassed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reddish/#x9)
- The rock had a reddish stripe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reddish/#x10)
- Under the breast-fin of the whale is a reddish-brown spot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reddish/#x11)

### note

Double d: red → reddish. «-ish» means «a bit»: reddish = a bit red; it also makes «sevenish» (about seven o'clock). Often joined with another colour: reddish-brown.

### In the corpora

- [The African forest buffalo is a smaller, reddish cousin of the savanna buffalo, with swept-back horns that fit dense forest.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/160-the-congo-river/14/)
- [Yellow turmeric turns reddish-brown with an alkali, so a curry stain can turn red when washed with soap.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/17-indicators-the-red-cabbage-rainbow/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «reddish» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reddish/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.