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Yiddish
Etymology
From Old High German eddeshwaz (whence German etwas), from edde- + hwaz, with the eventual /-tw-/ assimilating to /-p-/. Compare Luxembourgish eppes, Alemannic German öppis and Pennsylvania German, Rhine Franconian, and Swabian ebbes.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
עפּעס • (epes)
- something; anything
- Synonym: עטוואָס (etvos)
Adverb
עפּעס • (epes)
- somewhat
Determiner
עפּעס • (epes)
- some