פּאַשען

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Yiddish

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Etymology

Polish paść +‎ ־ען (-en). Sense 3 possibly derived from Polish puchać, Russian пы́хать (pýxatʹ) or some dialectal variant.

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Verb

פּאַשען (pashen) (past participle געפּאַשט (gepasht))

  1. to pasture, to tend
  2. (reflexive) to graze, to browse
  3. to pant, to puff
    דער אויוון פּאַשעטder oyvn pashetthe oven is giving off intense heat (literally, “the oven is panting”)

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References

  • Astravux, Aljaksandar (2008) “pašen”, in Idyš-bjelaruski slóŭnik [Yiddish–Belarusian Dictionary], Minsk: Mjedisónt, →ISBN, page 662
  • Justus van de Kamp et al., “פּאַשען” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek , Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). .
  • Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “פּאַשען”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN