זיידע
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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
Noun
זיידע • (zeyde) m, plural זיידעס (zeydes)
- 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
- The Language and Culture Atlas of Ashkenazic Jewry: The Eastern Yiddish - Western Yiddish Continuum, Volume III, Niemeyer, 2010, p.214-215
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