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Yiddish
Etymology
From Middle High German negellīn, negelīn, diminutive of Middle High German nagel. By surface analysis, נאָגל (nogl) + ־עלע (-ele), with formation of umlaut. Compare Alemannic German Nägeli, Negeli, German Näglein (archaic). Compare also German Nelke, a back-formation from plural Nelken, from whence נעלקנ־ (nelkn-), as in נעלקנאייל (nelkneyl, “clove oil”).
Pronunciation
Noun
נעגעלע • (negele) n, plural נעגעלעך (negelekh)
- Diminutive of נאָגל (nogl): little nail
- (cooking) clove (spice from the aromatic flower buds of Syzygium aromaticum)
- (botany) carnation, pink (Dianthus)
- Synonyms: גאָרטן־נעגעלע (gortn-negele), גוואָזדיקע (gvozdike)
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References
- Justus van de Kamp et al., “נעגעלע” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek , Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). .
- Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “נעגעלע”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “carnation”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN