היפּש

Yiddish

Etymology

Cognate to German hübsch (“pretty, handsome”), from Middle High German hübesch (“courtly”), thus a doublet of הויף‎ (hoyf). For the semantic development, compare English pretty, German schön (especially ganz schön).

Adjective

היפּש • (hipsh)

1. considerable, sizeable
   • 2020 April 24, Mikhail Krutikov, “װי פּאָליטיש זײַנען ייִדישע לימודים?‎”, in Forverts:

     ‏װײַס האָט געהאַט א היפּשע השפּעה אױף דער אױפֿנאַמע פֿון ייִדיש אין אַמעריקע.‎‎

     vays hot gehat a hipshe hashpoe oyf der oyfname fun yidish in amerike.

     Weiss had a considerable influence on the reception of Yiddish in America.

Declension

predicative					היפּש‎ hipsh
case	masculine	neuter			feminine	plural
		indefinite	definite	post./nom.
nominative	היפּשער‎ hipsher	היפּש‎ hipsh	היפּשע‎ hipshe	היפּשס‎ hipshs	היפּשע‎ hipshe	היפּשע‎ hipshe
accusative	היפּשן‎ hipshn
dative			היפּשן‎ hipshn		היפּשער‎ hipsher

Declension of היפּש

Derived terms

• אַ היפּש ביסל‎ (a hipsh bisl, “quite a bit”)
• אַ היפּש שטיקל‎ (a hipsh shtikl)
• היפּש עטלעכע‎ (hipsh etlekhe, “quite a few”)
• היפּשלעך‎ (hipshlekh)