גיך

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Yiddish

Alternative forms

געך (gekh) (dialectal)

Etymology

From Middle High German gæhe, from Old High German gāhi, from Proto-Germanic *ganhuz. Compare German jäh (“abrupt”), Jähe (“abruptness”). Also cognate with Bavarian gach (“sudden, abrupt”), Dutch gauw (“soon”) and probably English gay, jay.

Adjective

גיך • (gikh) (comparative גיכער (gikher), superlative גיכסט (gikhst))

quick, fast

Declension

Declension of גיך


predicative					גיך gikh
case	masculine	neuter			feminine	plural
case	masculine	indefinite	definite	post./nom.	feminine	plural
nominative	גיכער gikher	גיך gikh	גיכע gikhe	גיכס gikhs	גיכע gikhe	גיכע gikhe
accusative	גיכן gikhn		גיכע gikhe	גיכס gikhs	גיכע gikhe
dative	גיכן gikhn		גיכן gikhn		גיכער gikher

Further reading

Map of dialectal variants for "quickly" from Litvish: An Atlas of Northeastern Yiddish by Dovid Katz

Noun

גיך • (gikh) f

speed, haste

Derived terms

אין גיכן (in gikhn)

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