נאַשבראַט
Yiddish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- נאַש בראַט (nash brat)
Etymology
[edit]Univerbation of the Slavic phrase meaning "our brother"; compare Polish nasz brat, Belarusian, Russian, and Ukrainian наш брат (naš brat), although exact borrowing source uncertain.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]נאַשבראַט • (nashbrat) m, plural נאַשבראַטעס (nashbrates)
- guy, regular fellow
- buddy, pal, one of the boys
- זײַן נאַשבראַט מיט ― zayn nashbrat mit ― to be buddy-buddy with
- ער איז אַ נאַשבראַט ― er iz a nashbrat ― he's one of us (literally, “he is a buddy”)
- nice guy, good guy
- ער אַליין איז געווען אַ גוטמוטיקער, ליבער און איידעלער מענטש, אַ צוגעלאָזטער, גוט־ברודעריש און אַ נאַשבראַט.[1]
- er aleyn iz geven a gutmutiker, liber un eydeler mentsh, a tsugelozter, gut-bruderish un a nashbrat.
- He himself was a good-natured, generous and noble man, agreeable, kind-hearted and a good guy.
- backslapper
- Synonym: גוטער־ברודער (guter-bruder)
- פֿירן זיך נאַשבראַט ― firn zikh nashbrat ― to backslap (literally, “to behave backslapper”)
References
[edit]- Astravux, Aljaksandar (2008) “našbrát”, in Idyš-bjelaruski slóŭnik [Yiddish–Belarusian Dictionary], Minsk: Mjedisónt, →ISBN, page 564
- Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “נאַשבראַט”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
- Justus van de Kamp et al., “נאַשבראַט” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). [1].
- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “backslapper”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN