ענגעלפֿיש
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Yiddish
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Etymology
[edit]From ענגעל (engel, “angel”) + פֿיש (fish, “fish”), calque of English angelfish.
Noun
[edit]ענגעלפֿיש • (engelfish) f, plural ענגעלפֿיש (engelfish) or ענגעלפֿישן (engelfishn)
References
[edit]- Paul Abelson (1915) “angel-fish”, in English-Yiddish Encyclopedic Dictionary, New York: The Jewish Press