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語源

From Yiddish ייִדיש (yidish), from Middle High German jüdisch (in reference to the language, more fully jüdischdiutsch (literally “Jewish-German”)). By surface analysis, Yid +‎ -ish.

発音

• enPR: yĭd'ĭsh, IPA: /ˈjɪd.ɪʃ/

形容詞

Yiddish (comparative more Yiddish, superlative most Yiddish)

1. Of or pertaining to the Yiddish language.
   • 2007 January 26, Stefan Kanfer, “In Lower Manhattan, the Echo of the Yiddish Stage Endures”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 31 March 2019:

     As a Yiddish proverb has it: Badarf men hunik ven tsuker iz zis? Who needs honey when sugar is sweet?

   • 2015 December 22, Justin Wm. Moyer, “Donald Trump’s ‘schlonged’: A linguistic investigation”, in The Washington Post‎, archived from the original on 24 December 2015:

     “Many goyim are confused by the large number of Yiddish terms beginning with ‘schl’ or ‘schm’ (schlemiel, schlemazzle, schmeggegge, schlub, schlock, schlep, schmutz, schnook), and use them incorrectly or interchangeably,” he wrote.

2. (informal) Jewish; relating to Yiddishkeit.

   Synonym: Jewish

   Yiddish cooking; Yiddish music

固有名詞

Yiddish

1. A 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: Jewish

   Holonym: High German

   Meronyms: Eastern Yiddish, East Yiddish, Western Yiddish, West Yiddish

   • 1983, Philip Baldi, An Introduction to the Indo-European Languages, page 128:

     Yiddish is a High German language […] two varieties of Yiddish developed […]

関連する語

参考

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Yiddish terms

参照

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code yi, ISO 639-3 code yid (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Yiddish, yid ⁠, a macrolanguage including:
  • Ethnologue entry for Eastern Yiddish, ydd ⁠
  • Ethnologue entry for Western Yiddish, yih ⁠