A Yiddish word meaning containing meat or meat-based, used in Jewish dietary laws to describe food that is not kosher to eat with dairy products.
From Yiddish fleishig, derived from Middle High German fleisch meaning 'meat.' The suffix -ig is a Yiddish adjectival ending comparable to English '-y,' making it 'meaty' in quality.
Kosher kitchens have completely separate dishes, utensils, and sometimes even counters for fleishig (meat) and milchig (dairy) foods—and you have to wait hours between eating them! This shows how language reflects the practical details of religious practice.
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