טויב

Yiddish

Etymology 1

From Middle High German toup, from Old High German toub.

Pronunciation

• (YIVO, Poylish, Ukraynish) IPA^(key): /tɔɪb/
• (Northeastern) IPA^(key): /teɪb/

Adjective

טויב • (toyb)

1. deaf

Declension

Declension of טויב

predicative					טויב toyb
case	masculine	neuter			feminine	plural
		indefinite	definite	post./nom.
nominative	טויבער toyber	טויב toyb	טויבע toybe	טויבס toybs	טויבע toybe	טויבע toybe
accusative	טויבן toybn
dative			טויבן toybn		טויבער toyber

Derived terms

• טויבלעך (toyblekh)

Etymology 2

From Middle High German tūbe, from Old High German tūba, from Proto-West Germanic *dūbā. Cognate with German Taube, German Low German Duuv, Dutch duif, Afrikaans duif, West Frisian do, Saterland Frisian Dúve, English dove, Swedish duva, Danish due, Norwegian Bokmål due, Norwegian Nynorsk due.

Pronunciation

• (YIVO, Northeastern) IPA^(key): /tɔɪb/
• (Poylish, Ukraynish) IPA^(key): /toʊb/

Noun

טויב • (toyb) f, plural טויבן (toybn), diminutive טײַבל (taybl)

1. dove, pigeon

Further reading

• Map of dialectal variants for "pigeon/dove" and "deaf" from Litvish: An Atlas of Northeastern Yiddish by Dovid Katz

References

• Justus van de Kamp et al., “טויב” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). [1].