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Yiddish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin rhythmus from Ancient Greek ῥυθμός (rhuthmós, “any measured flow or movement, symmetry, rhythm”), via Belarusian рытм (rytm), Polish rytm, Russian ритм (ritm), Ukrainian ритм (rytm). Compare German Rhythmus.
Pronunciation
Noun
ריטם • (ritm) m, plural ריטמען (ritmen)
- (music) rhythm, beat, meter, cadence
- Synonyms: טראָפּ (trop), טאַקט (takt)
- rhythm (other senses)
Usage notes
- Weinreich only attests the alternative form ריטעם (ritem), even though it also uses the plural form ריטמען (ritmen).
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References
- Uriel Weinreich (1977) “rhythm”, in Modern English-Yiddish, Yiddish-English Dictionary, New York: Schocken Books, page 273
- Justus van de Kamp et al., “ריטם” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek , Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). .