ענגעלפֿיש

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Yiddish

.אַן ענגעלפֿיש

Etymology

From ענגעל (engel, angel) +‎ פֿיש (fish, fish), calque of English angelfish.

Noun

ענגעלפֿיש (engelfishf, plural ענגעלפֿיש (engelfish) or ענגעלפֿישן (engelfishn)

  1. angelfish

References

  • Paul Abelson (1915) “angel-fish”, in English-Yiddish Encyclopedic Dictionary, New York: The Jewish Press