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Yiddish
Etymology
From Middle High German durch ūz. By surface analysis, דורך (durkh) + אויס (oys). Compare English throughout, German durchaus.
Pronunciation
Adverb
דורכויס • (durkhoys)
- thoroughly
- absolutely, completely
- Synonyms: אַבסאָלוט (absolut), לחלוטין (lakhlutn), לגמרי (legamre)
- throughout
- Synonym: די גאַנצע צײַט (di gantse tsayt)
- positively
- Synonyms: אַבסאָלוט (absolut), בפֿירוש (befeyresh), נישט אַנדערש (nisht andersh)
- decidedly
- Synonyms: בפֿירוש (befeyresh), אָן קײן שום ספֿק (on keyn shum sofek), אָן קײן שום פֿראַגע (on keyn shum frage)
References
- Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “דורכויס”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “absolutely”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN