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What is the Yiddish word for puppy?
We adopted a (male) puppy. But a more commonly-used term for puppy is גור כלבים – literally, a cub of dogs – or simply גור for a male and גורה for a female.
How do you say dog in Israel?
כלב – 🐕 dog – Hebrew conjugation tables.
What is the meaning of dog in Hebrew?
Dog in Hebrew is Kelev, and the name Caleb in Hebrew is Calev (CA-lev). Although they are written almost the same, and consist of the 3 basic letters (root letters), Caleb comes from the Hebrew word for Cage, “Cloov”. In the Bible Dictionary it is said the “Caleb” means “trapper”.
What does shtarker mean in Yiddish?
n. A strong, stout fellow.
What does Stein mean in Yiddish?
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from German Stein ‘rock’, Middle High German stein, hence a topographic name either for someone who lived on stony ground or for someone who lived by a notable outcrop of rock or by a stone boundary marker or monument.
What is Aramaic dog?
Aramaic = kalba. Armenian = shun. Arrernte (Western) = kngwelye. Assamese = kukur.
What’s a Schmegegge?
Definitions of schmegegge. (Yiddish) baloney; hot air; nonsense. synonyms: shmegegge. type of: bunk, hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality. a message that seems to convey no meaning.
When to use Yi or Yi in Yiddish?
If the text has a word starting with alef-yud (such as אינגל), also search for it with yi, as in yingl. If the text has a word ending in -ig, try -ik. The epenthetic ayin before a nun en(ענ) is sometimes absent in modern spelling, leaving just the nun.
How to find PE in a Yiddish dictionary?
Similarly, if the text doesn’t distinguish pe ( פּ) from fe ( פֿ ), try both p and f . If the text has a word starting with alef-yud (such as אינגל ), also search for it with yi, as in yingl . If the text has a word ending in -ig , try -ik .
When do you use capital letters in Yiddish?
Use capital letters for the first letters of Hebrew proper names (like Refoyl and Binyomen). Don’t use capital letters for any other Yiddish words. If you need a loshn-koydesh derived word, first spell it phonetically. Unaccented vowels often should be spelled with an e, as in borekh, bimkem, and maskem.
How to write Yiddish words in YIVO transcription?
Write Yiddish words in YIVO transcription. Use the stem of the word (not the plural, case-marked, or conjugated form) of nouns, adjectives, and verbs. Examples: say plimenik, not plimenikes, sheyn, not sheyne, helf, not helfn or untergeholfn .