שאָבן
Appearance
Yiddish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old High German skaban, from Proto-Germanic *skabaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skabʰ- (“to scratch”). Compare German schaben, archaic Luxembourgish schuewen, Dutch schaven, English shave, Danish skave, Swedish skava, Icelandic skafa, Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 (skaban).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]שאָבן • (shobn) (past participle געשאָבן (geshobn))
- (imperfective) to scrape, to peel
- to pare
- Synonyms: אָפּשיילן (opsheyln), שנײַדן (shnaydn), אַרומשנײַדן (arumshnaydn), אָפּשאָבן (opshobn)
- (transitive) to scale (fish)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of שאָבן
infinitive | שאָבן shobn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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present participle | שאָבנדיק shobndik | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
past participle | געשאָבן geshobn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
auxiliary | האָבן hobn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
present | איך שאָב ikh shob |
מיר שאָבן mir shobn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
דו שאָבסט du shobst |
איר שאָבט ir shobt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ער שאָבט er shobt |
זיי שאָבן zey shobn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
imperative | שאָב (דו) shob (du) |
שאָבט (איר) shobt (ir) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Composed forms
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Derived terms
[edit]- אויסשאָבן (oysshobn, “to scrape, to scoop out”)
- אָפּשאָבן (opshobn, “to scrape, (pf.) to scale, to peel”)
- שאָבעכץ (shobekhts)
References
[edit]- Justus van de Kamp et al., “שאָבן” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). [1].
- Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “שאָבן”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “pare”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
Categories:
- Yiddish terms inherited from Old High German
- Yiddish terms derived from Old High German
- Yiddish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Yiddish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Yiddish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Yiddish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Yiddish lemmas
- Yiddish verbs
- Yiddish imperfective verbs
- Yiddish transitive verbs