כּעס

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Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew כַּעַס (ká'as).

Pronunciation

Noun

כּעס • (kas) m

  1. anger
    Synonyms: בייזקײַט f (beyzkayt); געבייזער n (gebeyzer); חמה f (kheyme); ערגערניש n (ergernish); רוגז m (roygez, has the alternative forms רוגזה f (rugze), רגזנות f pl (ragzones), and ירגזון n (yirgozn)); רציחה f (retsikhe, “fury”)
    אינעם לופֿט איז דאָ דער כּעס פֿון המלך.
    inem luft iz do der kas fun hameylekh.
    There is the anger of the king in the air.
    דער קראָקאָדיל האַלט בײַם פֿילן זײַן ערשטן כּעס.
    der krokodil halt baym filn zayn ershtn kas.
    The crocodile is about to feel his first anger.
    אויף דער וואַנט איז אַ סצענע פֿון כּעס געוואָרן געמאָלט.
    oyf der vant iz a stsene fun kas gevorn gemolt.
    On the wall was painted a scene of anger.

Usage notes

Usually used in the idiomatic prepositional phrase אין כּעס (in kas, “angry”), similarly to the English phrase in heat.

There is no plural form, despite Hebrew כַּעַס (ká'as) pluralising in כְּעָסִים (k’asím).

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