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Yiddish
Etymology
Variant of ־ניש (-nish). Compare German -nis and especially -niß.
Pronunciation
Suffix
־עניש • (-enish) n or f
- Used to form verbal nouns or less commonly, adjectival nouns.
- Synonym: ־ערײַ (-eray)
- זאָגן (zogn, “to say”) + ־עניש (-enish) → זאָגעניש (zogenish, “speaking, tattering”)
- פּוסט (pust, “empty; idle”) + ־עניש (-enish) → פּוסטעניש (pustenish, “wasteland”)
Usage notes
- Word stress usually occurs on the syllable directly before the suffix.
Derived terms