ריכטן
Appearance
Yiddish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German richten, from Old High German rihten, from Proto-West Germanic *rihtijan. Cognate with German richten, English right.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]ריכטן • (rikhtn) (past participle געריכט (gerikht))
- to judge
- (imperfective) to direct, lead
- (imperfective) to observe, celebrate (ceremony)
- (with אויף (oyf), reflexive) to expect, anticipate
- (with אין קימפּעט (in kimpet), reflexive) to be expecting a baby
- (with צו (tsu), reflexive) to get ready to
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of ריכטן
infinitive | ריכטן rikhtn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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present participle | ריכטנדיק rikhtndik | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
past participle | געריכט gerikht | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
auxiliary | האָבן hobn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
present | איך ריכט ikh rikht |
מיר ריכטן mir rikhtn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
דו ריכטסט du rikhtst |
איר ריכט ir rikht | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ער ריכט er rikht |
זיי ריכטן zey rikhtn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
imperative | ריכט (דו) rikht (du) |
ריכט (איר) rikht (ir) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Composed forms
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Derived terms
[edit]- אויפֿריכטן (oyfrikhtn)
- פֿאַרריכטן (farrikhtn)
- ריכטעווען (rikhteven)
- ריכטער (rikhter)
References
[edit]- Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “ריכטן”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN