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Yiddish
Etymology
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Pronunciation
IPA(key): /əχt͡s/
Suffix
־עכץ • (-ekhts)
- Forms a gerund
Usage notes
This suffix can form gerunds with particularly negative or inferior connotations.[1] For example
However, words with this suffix are not exclusively pejorative. For example
Derived terms
References
- ^ Weinreich, Max (2008) History of the Yiddish Language, volume I, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 27