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Yiddish
Etymology
קערן (kern) + ־ל (-l), unusually removing the final consonant of the base word.
Pronunciation
Noun
קערל • (kerl) n, plural קערלעך (kerlekh)
- diminutive of קערן (kern)
- grain (single seed of grass food crops)
- Synonyms: גרײַפּל (graypl), קערנדל (kerndl)
- pit (seed or stone of fruit)
Derived terms
References
- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “grain”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN