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Yiddish
Etymology
Variant of ־דיק (-dik), formed by ־עוו (-ev) + ־דיק (-dik). ־עוו (-ev) probably ultimately from Proto-Slavic *-ovъ.[1] Compare Belarusian -авы (-avy), Polish -owy, Russian -овый (-ovyj), and Ukrainian -овий (-ovyj).
Pronunciation
Suffix
־עוודיק • (-evdik)
- -ish; -y (forms adjectives from nouns or verbs)
- חן (kheyn, “grace, charm”) + ־עוודיק (-evdik) → חנעוודיק (kheynevdik, “graceful, charming”)
- באַמערקן (bamerkn, “to notice”) + ־עוודיק (-evdik) → באַמערקעוודיק (bamerkevdik, “noteworthy”)
- -able
- Synonym: ־באַר (-bar)
- ירשענען (yarshenen, “to inherit”) + ־עוודיק (-evdik) → ירשעוודיק (yarshevdik, “inheritable”)
- שמירן (shmirn, “to smear, spread”) + ־עוודיק (-evdik) → שמירעוודיק (shmirevdik, “smearable, spreadable”)
Usage notes
- With bases of Hebrew origin, it occurs with monosyllabic stems or stems with final -e.
Derived terms
See also
See also
- Uriel Weinreich (1977) “־עוודיק”, in Modern English-Yiddish, Yiddish-English Dictionary, New York: Schocken Books, page 512
References
- ^ * Bunis, David M. (2020 December 1) “Adjectives of Hebrew and Aramaic Origin in Judezmo and Yiddish”, in Journal of Jewish Languages, volume 8, numbers -1-2, Brill, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 200, 221