־עווען
Appearance
Yiddish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Slavic variant of infinitive marker ־ן (-n), most likely Belarusian -аваць (-avacʹ), Polish -ować, Russian -овать (-ovatʹ), -ывать (-yvatʹ), or Ukrainian -увати (-uvaty) + ־ן (-n), with the final voiceless alveolar consonant replaced by ־ן (-n).
Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]־עווען • (-even)
- The infinitive marker for verbs, often appended after Slavic or otherwise foreign words to form new verbs.
- Polish flirtować + ־עווען (-even) → פֿלירטעווען (flirteven, “to flirt”)
Usage notes
[edit]- When borrowing a word with -ować or -овать (-ovatʹ), ־עווען (-even) usually directly takes their place in the word, with the root remaining unchanged.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of ־עווען
infinitive | ־עווען -even | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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present participle | ־עווענדיק -evendik | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
past participle | גע־עוועט ge-evet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
auxiliary | האָבן hobn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
present | איך ־עווע ikh -eve |
מיר ־עווען mir -even | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
דו ־עוועסט du -evest |
איר ־עוועט ir -evet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ער ־עוועט er -evet |
זיי ־עווען zey -even | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
imperative | ־עווע (דו) -eve (du) |
־עוועט (איר) -evet (ir) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Composed forms
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Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]- ־עוודיק (-evdik)