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Yiddish
Etymology
Probably a deverbal from גליווערן (glivern).
Pronunciation
Noun
גליווער • (gliver) m, plural גליווערס (glivers)
- jelly
- Synonyms: זשעלע (zhele), גאַלאַרעט (galaret)
- aspic
- Synonyms: פּעטשאַ (petsha), דריליעס (drilyes)
- gel
- Synonym: זשעלע (zhele)
- rigidity, stiffness
- Synonym: שטײַפֿקייט (shtayfkeyt)
Derived terms
References
- Justus van de Kamp et al., “גליװער” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek , Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). .
- Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “גליווער”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “jelly”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN