פּאַרטאַטש

Yiddish

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish partacz and Belarusian парта́ч (partáč). By surface analysis, Old Polish partać +‎ ־אַטש (-atsh).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /parˈtat͡ʃ/

Noun

פּאַרטאַטש • (partatsh) m, plural פּאַרטאַטשעס (partatshes) or פּאַרטאַטשן (partatshn), feminine פּאַרטאַטשקע (partatshke)

1. (derogatory) botcher, bungler, klutz

Derived terms

• פּאַרטאַטשיש (partatshish, “shoddy, clumsy, carelessly done, slovenly, neglected”)
• פּאַרטאַטשנע (partatshne, “clumsy, sloppy, poorly made/executed”)
• פּאַרטאַטשעווען (partatsheven, “to clumsy, to mess around, to fiddle, to do a fiddly job, to bumble, to stumble”)

References

• Astravux, Aljaksandar (2008) “partáč”, in Idyš-bjelaruski slóŭnik [Yiddish–Belarusian Dictionary], Minsk: Mjedisónt, →ISBN, page 660
• Justus van de Kamp et al., “פּאַרטאַטש” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). [1].