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Yiddish
Etymology
ברויז (broyz) + ־ל (-l) with umlaut. Compare German Brösel.
Pronunciation
Noun
ברייזל • (breyzl) n, plural ברייזלעך (breyzlekh)
- crumb
- shred
- Synonyms: ברעקל (brekl), שמץ (shemets), פּיצל (pitsl), שטיקל (shtikl), דרויבל (droybl)
- (collective, uncountable) breadcrumbs
- Synonyms: קרישקעלעך (krishkelekh), רײַבברױט (raybbroyt), רײַבעכץ (raybekhts)
Derived terms
References
- Justus van de Kamp et al., “ברײזל” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek , Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). .
- Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “ברייזל”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “bread crumbs”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN