זיידע

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Yiddish

Alternative forms

  • (Southern Yiddish, especially Vienna, Bratislava and surroundings, Eastern Hungary[1]) דיידע (deyde)

Etymology

From a Slavic language; compare Belarusian дзед (dzjed) and Polish dziad.

Pronunciation

  • (YIVO, Litvish, Ukraynish) IPA(key): /ˈzɛɪ̯də/
  • (Poylish) IPA(key): /ˈzaɪ̯də/

Noun

זיידע • (zeyde) m, plural זיידעס (zeydes)

  1. gramps, grandfather
    Synonyms: (Western Yiddish) האַרלע (harle), גראָספֿאַטער (grosfater)

Usage notes

This is one of the few common nouns to inflect for case, becoming זיידן (zeydn) in the accusative/dative singular and זיידנס (zeydns) in the possessive singular.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ The Language and Culture Atlas of Ashkenazic Jewry: The Eastern Yiddish - Western Yiddish Continuum, Volume III, Niemeyer, 2010, p.214-215
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