"חריף" meaning in Yiddish

See חריף in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: kharif [romanization]
Etymology: From Hebrew חָרִיף. Etymology templates: {{bor|yi|he|חָרִיף}} Hebrew חָרִיף, {{root|yi|he|ח־ר־ף}} Head templates: {{yi-adjective|tr=kharif}} חריף • (kharif)
  1. sharp
    Sense id: en-חריף-yi-adj-Yy6TAjiG
  2. (figurative) intelligent, sagacious Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-חריף-yi-adj-uPi3lQMG Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Yiddish entries with incorrect language header, Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 0 48 0 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 47 0 53 Disambiguation of Yiddish entries with incorrect language header: 5 95 Disambiguation of Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: חריפֿות (kharifes)
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