rejwach

Polish

Etymology

From dialectal Yiddish רווח (reyvakh, reyvekh, “racket, din, tumult, hubbub”), from standard Yiddish רווח (revekh, “benefit, income, profit”), from Hebrew רֶוַח (rɛwaḥ, “derogation, mitigation”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛj.vax/

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Krajna) IPA^(key): /ˈrɛj.vax/

• Rhymes: -ɛjvax
• Syllabification: rej‧wach

Noun

rejwach m inan

1. (colloquial or dialectal, Krajna) brouhaha, donnybrook

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hałas

Declension

Declension of rejwach

	singular
nominative	rejwach
genitive	rejwachu
dative	rejwachowi
accusative	rejwach
instrumental	rejwachem
locative	rejwachu
vocative	rejwachu

Further reading

• rejwach in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Karol Malczewski (2024) “rejwach”, in Słownik Gwary Krajeńskiej [A dictionary of the Krajna dialect]