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Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Yiddish ייִדיש (yidish).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈji.dɘʂ/
- Rhymes: -idɘʂ
- Syllabification: ji‧dysz
Noun
jidysz m inan (indeclinable, related adjective jidyszowy)
- Yiddish (West Germanic, or more specifically High German, language that developed from Middle High German dialects, with an admixture of vocabulary from multiple source languages, including Hebrew-Aramaic, Romance, Slavic, English, etc., and mostly written in Hebrew characters, which is used mainly among Ashkenazic Jews from Central and Eastern Europe)
- Synonym: żydowski
- Język jidysz powstał wśród Żydów aszkenazyjskich, którzy żyli wśród narodów niemieckich. ― The Yiddish language arose amongst Ashkenazi Jews who were living amongst German peoples.
Declension
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Indeclinable.
Derived terms
Further reading
- jidysz in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- jidysz in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- jidysz in PWN's encyclopedia