זיידע

Yiddish

Alternative forms

• (Southern Yiddish, especially Vienna, Bratislava and surroundings, Eastern Hungary^[1]) דיידע (deyde)

Etymology

From a Slavic language; compare Belarusian дзед (dzjed) and Polish dziad.

Pronunciation

• (YIVO, Litvish, Ukraynish) IPA^(key): /ˈzɛɪ̯də/
• (Poylish) IPA^(key): /ˈzaɪ̯də/

Noun

זיידע • (zeyde) m, plural זיידעס (zeydes)

1. gramps, grandfather

   Synonyms: (Western Yiddish) האַרלע (harle), גראָספֿאַטער (grosfater)

Usage notes

This is one of the few common nouns to inflect for case, becoming זיידן (zeydn) in the accusative/dative singular and זיידנס (zeydns) in the possessive singular.

Derived terms

• עלטער־זיידע (elter-zeyde)

References

1. The Language and Culture Atlas of Ashkenazic Jewry: The Eastern Yiddish - Western Yiddish Continuum, Volume III, Niemeyer, 2010, p.214-215