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Yiddish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtrɔpn̩/, /ˈtrɔpm̩/
Etymology 1
From Middle High German tropfen, tropfe, from Old High German tropfo, from Proto-West Germanic *dropō, from Proto-Germanic *drupô. Compare German Tropfen.
Noun
טראָפּן • (tropn) m, plural טראָפּנס (tropns), diminutive טראָפּל (tropl) or טראָפּקעלע (tropkele)
- drop (of liquid)
- Synonym: קאַפּ (kap)
- glob (of daub)
- Synonym: שמיר (shmir)
- globule
- Synonym: קײַלעכל (kaylekhl)
Derived terms
- אײַזטראָפּן (ayztropn, “icicle, stalactite”)
- אַ טראָפּן אין ים (a tropn in yam, “a drop in the ocean”)
- ביטערער טראָפּן (biterer tropn, “(humorous) spirit, brandy, booze”)
- בלוטטראָפּן (bluttropn), בלוטסטראָפּן (blutstropn, “blood drop; Adonis palaestina”)
- האַרץ־טראָפּן (harts-tropn, “heart drop”)
- טוי־טראָפּן (toy-tropn, “dewdrop”)
- טראָפּן רעגן (tropn regn, “raindrop”)
- שאָקאָלאַד־טראָפּקעלע (shokolad-tropkele)
- וואַלעריאַן־טראָפּן (valeryan-tropn, “valerian drops (Dutch valeriaandruppels)”)
- וואַסערטראָפּן (vasertropn, “water drop”)
- ווי צוויי טראָפּנס וואַסער (vi tsvey tropns vaser, “spitting image”)
References
- Justus van de Kamp et al., “טראָפּן” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek , Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). .
- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “drop”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
Etymology 2
טראָפּ (trop) + ־ן (-n).
Noun
טראָפּן • (tropn) pl
- plural of טראָפּ (trop)