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Yiddish
Etymology
From Middle High German edel, adel, from Old High German adal, from Proto-West Germanic *aþal, Proto-Germanic *aþalaz. Compare German edel. Related to אַדל (adl, “nobility”, noun).
Pronunciation
Adjective
איידל • (eydl) (comparative איידעלער (eydeler), superlative איידלסט (eydlst))
- noble
- Synonyms: אַדלדיק (adldik), אויסגעאיידלט (oysgeeydlt), גרויסהאַרציק (groyshartsik), הויכהאַרציק (hoykhhartsik), נאָבל (nobl), אַצילותדיק (atsilesdik)
- Antonym: ניט־איידל (nit-eydl, “coarse; inelegant”)
- איידלהאַרציק ― eydlhartsik ― generous (literally, “noble-hearted”)
- elegant, chic
- refined, genteel
- courteous, polite, civilized
- delicate, brittle, fragile
- (of metals) precious
Declension
Derived terms
- איידל־אָפּאַל (eydl-opal)
- איידל־מעטאַל (eydl-metal, “precious metal”)
- איידל־סאָקאָל (eydl-sokol)
- איידל־פֿאַזאַן (eydl-fazan)
- איידל־קאַשטן (eydl-kashtn)
- איידלווײַס (eydlvays, “edelweiss”)
- איידלמאַן (eydlman, “nobleman”)
- איידלמוט (eydlmut, “generosity, dignity, excellence, nobility of character”)
- איידלמוטיק (eydlmutik, “generous”)
- איידלען (eydlen, “to make noble, to refine”)
- איידלקאַשטאַן (eydlkashtan)
- איידלקייט (eydlkeyt, “nobility”)
Adverb
איידל • (eydl)
- nobly
- elegantly
- איידל געפּאַטשקעט ― eydl gepatshket ― (humorous) picky, finicky (literally, “elegantly smeared”)
- refinedly
- courteously, politely
- איידל גערעדט ― eydl geredt ― to put it mildly (literally, “spoken politely”)
References
- Astravux, Aljaksandar (2008) “éjdeler”, in Idyš-bjelaruski slóŭnik [Yiddish–Belarusian Dictionary], Minsk: Mjedisónt, →ISBN, page 257
- Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “איידל”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
- Justus van de Kamp et al., “אײדל” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek , Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). .