צדיק

Cognate with Arabic صديق‎ (“friend, trustworthy”).

• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /sˤad.ˈdiq/

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צַדִּיק • (tsadík) m (plural indefinite צַדִּיקִים‎, feminine counterpart צַדֶּקֶת‎)

1. (Judaism) A saintly or righteous person: tzadik.
   • Tanack, Proverbs 25:26:

     ‏מַעְיָן נִרְפָּשׂ וּמָקוֹר מָשְׁחָת צַדִּיק מָט לִפְנֵי רָשָׁע׃‎‎

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2. (Judaism) A title for a Hassidic rabbi: Tzadik.
3. (informal) tsade (צ), the 18th letter of the Hebrew alphabet

צַדִּיק • (tsadík) (feminine צַדִּיקָה‎, masculine plural צַדִּיקִים‎, feminine plural צַדִּיקוֹת‎)

1. saintly, pious
2. righteous
3. (Biblical Hebrew) just, moral

From Hebrew צדיק‎.

צדיק m (Hebrew spelling, Latin spelling sadik, plural צדיקים‎)

1. righteous person, tzaddik

From Hebrew צַדִּיק‎ (tsadík, “righteous person”). The letter sense is from an alteration of Hebrew צָדִי‎.

צדיק • (tsadek) m, plural צדיקים‎ (tsadikem), feminine צדקת‎ (tsadeykes)

1. (Judaism) A saintly or righteous person: tzadik.
2. (Judaism) A title for a Hassidic rabbi: Tzadik.
3. tsade (eighteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet)

• צדיק אין פּעלץ‎ (tsadek in pelts, “religious hypocrite”, literally “righteous person in fur”)