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Yiddish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
ייִדן • (yidn)
- accusative/dative singular of ייִד (yid).
- plural of ייִד (yid): Jews
Usage notes
Use of the inflected accusative and dative form is optional and may be entirely obsolete in some dialects.[1][2]
References
- ^ Dovid Katz (1987) Grammar of the Yiddish Language, London: Duckworth, →ISBN, pages 97-100
- ^ Zoë Belk, Lily Kahn & Kriszta Eszter Szendrői. “Complete loss of case and gender within two generations: evidence from Stamford Hill Hasidic Yiddish.” The Journal of Comparative Germanic Linguistics 23, 271–326 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10828-020-09119-9