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Yiddish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ukrainian квасе́ць (kvasécʹ), colloquial synonym to ща́вель (ščávelʹ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkvasət͡s/, /ˈkvasɛt͡s/
Noun
קוואַסעץ • (kvasets) m
- sorrel
- Synonyms: שטשאַוו (shtshav), כטשוף (khtshuf)
References
- Justus van de Kamp et al., “קװאַסעץ” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek , Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). .
- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “sorrel”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN