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Yiddish
Etymology
From Middle High German spur, spor (usually n, also rarely m and f), from Old High German spor, *spur, from Proto-Germanic *spurą n. Compare German Spur f.
Pronunciation
Noun
שפּור • (shpur) m or f, plural שפּורן (shpurn)
- trace, track, trail (clue)
- Synonyms: סליד (slid), שמץ (shemets), זכר (zeykher), סימן (simen), קענט (kent)
- (by extension) soupçon, modicum (very small amount)
- Synonym: שמץ (shemets)
- footprint
- scent (of animal)
- vestige
- Synonyms: איבערבלײַבס (iberblaybs), שׂריד (sored), סימן (simen), רעשטל (reshtl)
- footprint
- Synonyms: פֿוסדרוק (fusdruk), טריט־סימן (trit-simen), פֿוסשפּור (fusshpur)
Derived terms
References
- Justus van de Kamp et al., “שפּור” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek , Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). .
- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “footprint”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN