בעל־חי
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Yiddish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Hebrew בעל חיים.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]בעל־חי • (balkhay) m, plural בעל־חיים (bale-khayem)
Derived terms
[edit]- בעל־חיש (balkhaish)
- לאַנד־וואַסער־בעל־חי (land-vaser-balkhay, “amphibian”, literally “land-water-animal”)
- צער־בעלי־חיים־געזעלשאַפֿט (tsar-bale-khayem-gezelshaft)
References
[edit]- Astravux, Aljaksandar (2008) “balxáj”, in Idyš-bjelaruski slóŭnik [Yiddish–Belarusian Dictionary], Minsk: Mjedisónt, →ISBN, page 130
- Justus van de Kamp et al., “בעל־חי” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). [1].
- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “animal, n.”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN