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Yiddish
Pronunciation
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
Etymology 2
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Adverb
שטאָק • (shtok)
- completely, fully, extremely
שטאָק פֿינצטער- shtok fintster
- pitch dark
Derived terms
References
- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “bludgeon”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN