datlash en · NOUN
Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew דַּתְלָ״שׁ (datlásh), from a contraction of דָּתִי לְשֶׁעָבַר (datí l'she'avár, “formerly religious”).
Meanings
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(Judaism, rare) An apostate from Judaism.
Most are young people in their twenties and thirties, and they represent an entire spectrum: religious, datlashim (formerly religious, but usually people for whom religion and tradition are still important to some degree),[…]
2010 June 24, Nir Hasson, “The Orthodox Jews Fighting the Judaization of East Jerusalem”, in Haaretz, archived from the original on 06 Oct 2022:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| datlashim | Number=Plur | lexicographic |