שטאָק

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Yiddish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃtɔk/

Etymology 1

From Middle High German stoc, from Old High German stoc, from Proto-West Germanic *stukk, from Proto-Germanic *stukkaz. Cognate with German Stock.

Noun

שטאָק • (shtok) m, plural שטאָקן (shtokn) or שטאָק (shtok)

walking cane
Synonym: שטעקן (shtekn)
bludgeon
Synonym: דובינקע f (dubinke)
truncheon
storey (floor, level)
Synonyms: גאָרן (gorn), עטאַזש (etazh)

Usage notes

שטאָק (shtok) in the sense of "storey" takes the plural form of שטאָק, but this sense is of doubtful admissibility.

Derived terms

ערשטער שטאָק (ershter shtok, “first floor”)
האָקישטאָק (hokishtok), האָקיישטאָק (hokeyshtok)

Etymology 2

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Adverb

שטאָק • (shtok)

completely, fully, extremely
שטאָק פֿינצטער
shtok fintster
pitch dark

Derived terms

שטאָק בלינד (shtok blind, “stone blind”)
שטאָק־פֿינצטערניש (shtok-fintsternish, “extreme darkness”)
שטאָק נאַכט (shtok nakht, “darkest night”)
שטאָק רײַך (shtok raykh, “extremely rich”)
שטאָק שטײַף (shtok shtayf, “ramrod straight”)

References

Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “bludgeon”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN

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