"שלימזל" meaning in Yiddish

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Noun

IPA: /ʃʎɪˈmazɫ̩/ Forms: shlimazl [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle High German slim (“crooked”) and Hebrew מַזָּל (mazzāl, “luck”). For the first part, cf. modern German schlimm (“bad, awful”). Etymology templates: {{der|yi|gmh|slim||crooked}} Middle High German slim (“crooked”), {{der|yi|he|מַזָּל||luck|tr=mazzāl}} Hebrew מַזָּל (mazzāl, “luck”), {{root|yi|he|נ־ז־ל}}, {{cog|de|schlimm|t=bad, awful}} German schlimm (“bad, awful”) Head templates: {{head|yi|noun|g=n|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr=shlimazl}} שלימזל • (shlimazl) n, {{yi-noun|g=n|tr=shlimazl}} שלימזל • (shlimazl) n
  1. bad luck, misfortune Derived forms: שלימזלדיק (shlimazldik) (english: unlucky, misfortunate)
    Sense id: en-שלימזל-yi-noun-Gbmls51~

Noun

IPA: /ʃʎɪˈmazɫ̩/ Forms: shlimazl [romanization], shlimazlen [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle High German slim (“crooked”) and Hebrew מַזָּל (mazzāl, “luck”). For the first part, cf. modern German schlimm (“bad, awful”). Etymology templates: {{der|yi|gmh|slim||crooked}} Middle High German slim (“crooked”), {{der|yi|he|מַזָּל||luck|tr=mazzāl}} Hebrew מַזָּל (mazzāl, “luck”), {{root|yi|he|נ־ז־ל}}, {{cog|de|schlimm|t=bad, awful}} German schlimm (“bad, awful”) Head templates: {{head|yi|noun|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr=shlimazl}} שלימזל • (shlimazl) m, {{yi-noun|g=m|pl=שלימזלען|pltr=shlimazlen|tr=shlimazl}} שלימזל • (shlimazl) m, plural שלימזלען (shlimazlen)
  1. unlucky person, luckless person, person with perpetual bad luck
    Sense id: en-שלימזל-yi-noun-kXWiVfd~
  2. clumsy person
    Sense id: en-שלימזל-yi-noun-gdb8begO
  3. (derogatory) ne'er-do-well, good-for-nothing, complete failure Tags: derogatory
    Sense id: en-שלימזל-yi-noun-BYKUdgKu Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Yiddish entries with incorrect language header, Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Yiddish terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 19 6 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 9 3 77 Disambiguation of Yiddish entries with incorrect language header: 17 20 9 54 Disambiguation of Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 13 19 8 61 Disambiguation of Yiddish terms with redundant script codes: 19 26 10 44
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: שלימזלניק (shlimazlnik) (english: slovenly man), שלימזלניצע (shlimazlnitse) (english: slovenly woman)

Inflected forms

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          "roman": "mayn ershte bagegenish mit „yidishpil‟",
          "text": "ער איז אַ פּאָעט, אַ דראַמאַטורג, אַ קאָמפּאָזיטאָר, אַ נישקשהדיקער זינגער — און פֿאָרט אין דער זעלבער צײַט אַ נעבעכדיקער שלימזל, אַזוי ווי טרײַנסטמאַנס העלד.",
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          "roman": "mayn ershte bagegenish mit „yidishpil‟",
          "text": "ער איז אַ פּאָעט, אַ דראַמאַטורג, אַ קאָמפּאָזיטאָר, אַ נישקשהדיקער זינגער — און פֿאָרט אין דער זעלבער צײַט אַ נעבעכדיקער שלימזל, אַזוי ווי טרײַנסטמאַנס העלד.",
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      "tags": [
        "derogatory"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃʎɪˈmazɫ̩/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "שלימזל"
}

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