היפּאָקריטסטווע

Yiddish

Etymology

היפּאָקריט (hipokrit) +‎ ־סטווע (-stve), or borrowed from uncommon Russian гипокри́тство (gipokrítstvo), Ukrainian гіпокрі́тство (hipokrítstvo). Ultimately from Latin hypocrita, from Ancient Greek ὑποκριτής (hupokritḗs, “actor, hypocrite”), from ὑποκρίνομαι (hupokrínomai, “I answer, act, feign”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɪpɔˈkrɪtstvə/

Noun

היפּאָקריטסטווע • (hipokritstve) f

1. hypocrisy

   Synonyms: היפּאָקריטישקייט (hipokritishkeyt), צבֿיעות (tsvies), צבֿועצטווע (tsvu(y)atstve), פֿאַלשקייט (falshkeyt)

References

• Justus van de Kamp et al., “היפּאָקריטסטװע” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). [1].
• Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “היפּאָקריטסטווע”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
• Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “hypocrisy”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN