כּפּרה

See also: כפרה

Yiddish

Alternative forms

• קאַפּאָרע (kapore) — Soviet phonetic spelling

Etymology

From Hebrew כַּפָּרָה (kaporá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈpɔʁə/

Noun

כּפּרה • (kapore) f, plural כּפּרות (kapores)

1. expiation, redemption
2. a fowl (especially a chicken) representing a scapegoat
3. (figurative) scapegoat
4. (in the plural) atonement ceremony performed the day before Yom Kippur

Derived terms

• אַ כּפּרה פֿאַר (a kapore far, “to be worthless (compared to)”)
• אַ שיינע ריינע כּפּרה! (a sheyne reyne kapore!, “serves them right! that'll teach them!”)
• שלאָגן כּפּרות (shlogn kapores, “perform the ceremony with the help of a fowl”)
• שלאָגן כּפּרות מיט (shlogn kapores mit, “(humorous) revile, scoff at, abuse; (familiar) abandon”)
• טויגן אויף כּפּרות (toygn oyf kapores, “to be good for nothing, be useless”)
• דאַרפֿן אויף כּפּרות (darfn oyf kapores, “to have no use for”)
• די כּפּרה ווערן נאָך/פֿאַר (di kapore vern nokh/far, “to develop a crush on, to fall for”)
• זאָל דאָ׳ס זײַן די כּפּרה פֿאַר (zol do's zayn di kapore far, “may that suffice to redeem someone (from their deserved punishment)”)
• זײַן אַ כּפּרה פֿאַר (zayn a kapore far, “to be punished instead of”)
• זײַן די כּפּרה נאָך/פֿאַר (zayn di kapore nokh/far, “to be madly in love with, to be crazy about”)

References

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