פּאָטעפֿאַלנאָסט
Yiddish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- פּאַטאַפֿאַלנאָסט (patafalnost), פּאָטעפֿאַלנעסט (potefalnest)
Etymology
[edit]Uncertain. The suffix ־אָסט (-ost) suggests Slavic origin (compare Polish -ość, Russian -ость (-ostʹ)), however /f/ is not native to Slavic. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]פּאָטעפֿאַלנאָסט • (potefalnost) n
- boldness, cheek, nerve, audacity, insolence
- Synonyms: חוצפּה (khutspe), העזה (hoze), עזות (azes), פֿרעכקייט (frekhkeyt), בראַווירונג (bravirung), דרייסטקייט (dreystkeyt), פֿאַרדרייסטקייט (fardreystkeyt), בראַוואַדע (bravade), ווויליונגערישקייט (voylyungerishkeyt), יאַנדעס (yandes), פֿאַרשײַטקייט (farshaytkeyt), ברייטקייט (breytkeyt)
- strange idea
Related terms
[edit]- פּאָטעפֿאַלנע (potefalne)
References
[edit]- Stutchkoff, Nahum (1950), “פּאָטעפֿאַלנאָסט” in Der oytser fun der Yidisher shprakh, New York: Yidisher Visenshaftlekher Institut, page 667
- Astravux, Aljaksandar (2008) “potefalnost”, in Idyš-bjelaruski slóŭnik [Yiddish–Belarusian Dictionary], Minsk: Mjedisónt, →ISBN, page 679
- Justus van de Kamp et al., “פּאָטעפֿאַלנאָסט” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). [1].
- Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “פּאָטעפֿאַלנאָסט”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “audacity (insolence)”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN