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Yiddish
Etymology
ביקסן (biksn, “guns”) + שווײַגן (shvaygn, “to be quiet”), literally “guns silence”.
Noun
ביקסנשווײַג • (biksnshvayg) m, plural ביקסנשווײַגן (biksnshvaygn)
- ceasefire
- Synonyms: פֿײַער־אָפּשטעל (fayer-opshtel), דערווײַליקער וואָפֿן־שטילשטאַנד (dervayliker vofn-shtilshtand), פֿײַער־איבעררײַס (fayer-iberrays), וואָפֿן־אָפּשטעל (vofn-opshtel), וואָפֿנרו (vofnru)
References
- Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “ביקסנשווײַג”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
- Justus van de Kamp et al., “ביקסנשװײַג” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek , Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). .