zeyde

English

Noun

zeyde (plural zeydes)

1. Alternative spelling of zayde
   • 1968, Bernard Isaacs, Selected Stories:

     Zeyde means grandpa.

   • 1999, The Journal of Jewish Studies:

     In fact, he was my elter-zeyde— my great-grandfather - but he was the grandfather of my mother, her siblings, and her first cousins; they all called him zeyde, and the name carried over to the next generation.

   • 2004, Jewish Currents:

     ... zeyde, who spoke only Yiddish — a traditional Orthodox Jew with stately carriage, a long gray beard, a mustache stained with nicotine, and an ever-present yarmulke on his head .. I had a special relationship with my zeyde.

   • 2015, Michael Rosen, “Michael Rosen's Bear Hunt, Chocolate Cake and Bad Things - in pictures”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     These days, people spell ‘Bubah’ as ‘Bubbe’ and ‘Zaida’ as ‘Zeyde’. They mean ‘Granny’ and ‘Grandad’ in Yiddish.