ראַכיט
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Yiddish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from New Latin rachitis, from Ancient Greek ῥάχις (rhákhis, “spine, ridge”), via Russian рахи́т (raxít). Compare German Rachitis.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ראַכיט • (rakhit) m
- (pathology) rickets, rachitis
- Synonym: ענגלישע קרענק (englishe krenk)
References
[edit]- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “rickets”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN