דעפֿענסיווע
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Yiddish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Polish defensywa.
Noun
[edit]דעפֿענסיווע • (defensive) f, plural דעפֿענסיוועס (defensives)
- (military) defensive
- Defensywa, Dwójka (Polish interwar political police)
- Synonym: דוווּיקע (dvuyke)
References
[edit]- Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “דעפֿענסיווע”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
- Justus van de Kamp et al., “דעפֿענסיװע” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). [1].