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jidysz

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Polish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Yiddish ייִדיש (yidish).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈji.dɘʂ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -idɘʂ
  • Syllabification: ji‧dysz

Noun

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jidysz m inan (indeclinable, related adjective jidyszowy)

  1. Yiddish (West Germanic, or more specifically High German, language that developed from Middle High German dialects, with an admixture of vocabulary from multiple source languages, including Hebrew-Aramaic, Romance, Slavic, English, etc., and mostly written in Hebrew characters, which is used mainly among Ashkenazic Jews from Central and Eastern Europe)
    Synonym: żydowski
    Język jidysz powstał wśród Żydów aszkenazyjskich, którzy żyli wśród narodów niemieckich.The Yiddish language arose amongst Ashkenazi Jews who were living amongst German peoples.

Declension

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or

Indeclinable.

Derived terms

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nouns

Further reading

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  • jidysz in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • jidysz in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • jidysz in PWN's encyclopedia