לאָקש

Yiddish

Etymology

From a Slavic language; compare Ukrainian ло́кшина (lókšyna), Belarusian ло́кшына (lókšyna), dialectal Russian локша́ (lokšá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɫɔkʃ/

Noun

לאָקש • (loksh) m, plural לאָקשן (lokshn)

1. noodle

   לאָקשן זופּ ― lokshn zup ― noodle soup

2. vermicelli
3. thin person
4. (Brazil) American dollar
5. (in the plural) banknotes
6. (in the plural) scourge

Derived terms

• אייער־לאָקש (eyer-loksh, “egg noodle”)
• לאָקש־בוידעם (loksh-boydem), לאָקש־ציבעלע (loksh-tsibele), לאָקש־פּאָליצע (loksh-politse, “no matter what”)
• לאָקשן־קודש (lokshn-koydesh, “(hum.) Hebrew”)
• לאָקשן־קוגל (lokshn-kugl, “noodle cake, noodle pudding”)
• לאָקשנברעט (lokshnbret, “noodle cutting board”)
• לאָקשניויך (lokshnyoykh), לאָקשן־יויך (lokshn-yoykh, “noodle soup”)
• לאָקשנטאָפּ (lokshntop, “noodle pan”)
• לאָקשנטעפּל (lokshntepl, “pot for cooking noodles”)
• לאָקשען (lokshen)
• לאָקשענע (lokshene)
• תּורת־לאָקשן (toyres-lokshn, “complete nonsense”)

References

• Astravux, Aljaksandar (2008) “lokš”, in Idyš-bjelaruski slóŭnik [Yiddish–Belarusian Dictionary], Minsk: Mjedisónt, →ISBN, page 498
• Justus van de Kamp et al., “לאָקש” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). [1].