שטאָק
Appearance
Yiddish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle High German stoc, from Old High German stoc, from Proto-West Germanic *stukk, from Proto-Germanic *stukkaz. Cognate with German Stock.
Noun
[edit]שטאָק • (shtok) m, plural שטאָקן (shtokn) or שטאָק (shtok)
- walking cane
- Synonym: שטעקן (shtekn)
- bludgeon
- Synonym: דובינקע f (dubinke)
- truncheon
- storey (floor, level)
Usage notes
[edit]- שטאָק (shtok) in the sense of "storey" takes the plural form of שטאָק, but this sense is of doubtful admissibility.
Derived terms
[edit]- ערשטער שטאָק (ershter shtok, “first floor”)
- האָקישטאָק (hokishtok), האָקיישטאָק (hokeyshtok)
Etymology 2
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Adverb
[edit]שטאָק • (shtok)
- completely, fully, extremely
- שטאָק פֿינצטער
- shtok fintster
- pitch dark
Derived terms
[edit]- שטאָק בלינד (shtok blind, “stone blind”)
- שטאָק־פֿינצטערניש (shtok-fintsternish, “extreme darkness”)
- שטאָק נאַכט (shtok nakht, “darkest night”)
- שטאָק רײַך (shtok raykh, “extremely rich”)
- שטאָק שטײַף (shtok shtayf, “ramrod straight”)
References
[edit]- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “bludgeon”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
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