געלינקט

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Yiddish

Etymology

From לינק (link) +‎ גע־ ־ט (ge- -t).

Pronunciation

Adjective

געלינקט (gelinkt)

  1. left-handed (preferring the left hand over the right)
    • (Can we date this quote?), I. L. Peretz, “Messianic Times”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      אַ געלינקט ייִדעלע שטעלט זיך קעגן עגלון מלך מואָבֿ און דערלאַנגט אים אַזױ, אַז די שטיל זעצט זיך אַרײַן נאָך דער שאַרף []
      a gelinkt yidele shtelt zikh kegn eglen meylekh moyev un derlangt im azoy, az di shtil zetst zikh arayn nokh der sharf
      A little left-handed Jew opposes Eglon, King of Moab, and strikes him so that quiet sets in after the stabbing
    • 1881, אברהם בן שלמה זלמן ברודא, הליכות עולם:
      ווער געלינקט איזט זאָלל דען לולב נור אין זיינע רעכטע האנד נעהמען
      ver gelinkt izt zoll den lulev nur in zayne rekhte hand nehmen
      Who is left-handed should take the lulav only in his right hand.

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