ביצה

yi-noun

ביצה • (beytse) f, plural ביצים (beytsim)

beytse (romanization)
beytsim (romanization)


פּעניס

פּעניס • (penis) m, plural פּעניסן (penisn)

penis (romanization)
penisn (romanization)

yi:מענלעכער איבר


שמאָק

שמאָק • (shmok) m, plural שמעק (shmek), diminutive שמעקל (shmekl)

shmok (romanization)
shmek (romanization)
shmekl (romanization)

→ English: schmuck

→ German: Schmock

→ Russian: чмо n (čmo)

Uncertain. Possibly from Old Polish smok (“dragon”). Alternatively from the verb Middle High German smucken, archaic German schmucken, which has several meanings respectively allowing different semantic connections: “to squeeze, press, fit into something tight”; “to hug, snuggle, kiss”; “to adorn, decorate”. (The last of these senses is less likely, but compare German Schmuck (“jewellery”) and English crown jewels.)


בייגל

בייגל • (beygl) m, plural בייגל (beygl), diminutive בייגעלע (beygele)

beygl (romanization)
beygele (romanization)

desctree

→ English: bagel
→ Chinese: 貝果 /贝果 (bèiguǒ)
→ Dutch: bagel
→ Finnish: bagel
→ French: bagel
→ German: Bagel
→ Greek: μπέιγκελ (béigkel)
→ Hijazi Arabic: بيقل (bēgil, bēgal)
→ Indonesian: bagel
→ Italian: bagel
→ Japanese: ベーグル (bēguru)
→ Korean: 베이글 (beigeul)
→ Persian: بیگل (beygel)
→ Portuguese: bagel
→ Russian: бейгл (bejgl)
→ Spanish: bagel
→ Thai: เบเกิล (bee-gə̂l)
→ Ukrainian: бейґл (bejgl)

→ Hebrew: בייגל (béigel)

→ Polish: bajgiel

→ Russian: бе́йгель (béjgelʹ)

→ Ukrainian: ба́йґель (bájgelʹ)

Ultimately from Old High German bouc (“ring”). It is probably cognate to, and not derived from, German Bügel (“stirrup”) and archaic spellings like beugel that have historically been used for pastries and bread items.


אָרעם

orem (romanization)
orems (romanization)

From Middle High German arm, from Old High German arm, from Proto-West Germanic *arm, from Proto-Germanic *armaz (“arm”).


וואַגינע

head

וואַגינע • (vagine) f

yi-noun

וואַגינע • (vagine) f, plural וואַגינעס (vagines)

vagine (romanization)
vagines (romanization)


צונג

צונג • (tsung) f, plural צונגען (tsungen) or צינגער (tsinger)

tsung (romanization)
tsungen (romanization)
tsinger (romanization)

From Old High German zunga, from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.


מאָרדע

מאָרדע • (morde) f, plural מאָרדעס (mordes)

morde (romanization)
mordes (romanization)


פֿוס

פֿוס • (fus) m, plural פֿיס (fis), diminutive פֿיסל (fisl)

fus (romanization)
fis (romanization)
fisl (romanization)

From Middle High German fuoz, from Old High German fuoz (compare German Fuß), from Proto-West Germanic *fōt, from Proto-Germanic *fōts (“foot”), from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.


ערלה

orle (romanization)
orles (romanization)


אָדער

oder (romanization)
odern (romanization)

From Middle High German āder, from Old High German ādra, from Proto-West Germanic *ādrā. Cognates include German Ader and Luxembourgish Oder.


בויך

בויך • (boykh) m, plural בײַכער (baykher), diminutive בײַכל (baykhl)

boykh (romanization)
baykher (romanization)
baykhl (romanization)

From Middle High German būch, from Old High German būh, from Proto-Germanic *būkaz. More at bouk.

(anatomy, colloquial) abdomen, belly, stomach


מאָגן

מאָגן • (mogn) m, plural מאָגנס (mogns) or מעגענער (megener)

mogn (romanization)
mogns (romanization)
megener (romanization)

From Old High German mago, from Proto-Germanic *magô.


נאָגל

נאָגל • (nogl) m, plural נעגל (negl), diminutive נעגעלע (negele)

nogl (romanization)
negl (romanization)
negele (romanization)

From Middle High German nagel, from Old High German nagal, from Proto-West Germanic *nagl, from Proto-Germanic *naglaz.


פּלייצע

פּלייצע • (pleytse) f, plural פּלייצעס (pleytses)

pleytse (romanization)
pleytses (romanization)

From a Slavic source; compare Polish plecy, Proto-Slavic *pleťe (“shoulder”).

(anatomy) shoulder (upper portion of torso)


באָרד

באָרד • (bord) f, plural בערד (berd), diminutive בערדל (berdl)

bord (romanization)
berd (romanization)
berdl (romanization)

From Middle High German bart, from Old High German bart (compare German Bart), from Proto-West Germanic *bard, from Proto-Germanic *bardaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰeh₂.


אָדערל

אָדערל • (oderl) n, plural אָדערלעך (oderlekh)

oderl (romanization)
oderlekh (romanization)

אָדער (oder, “vein, blood vessel”) + ־ל (-l)


אבֿר

yi-noun

אבֿר • (eyver) m, plural אבֿרים (eyvrem)

eyver (romanization)
eyvrem (romanization)


שאַרבן

שאַרבן • (sharbn) m, plural שאַרבנס (sharbns)

sharbn (romanization)
sharbns (romanization)


שדרה

שדרה • (shedre) f, plural שדרות (shedres)

shedre (romanization)
shedres (romanization)

bor

Hebrew שִׁדְרָה


גליד

glid (romanization)
glider (romanization)

From Middle High German glit, gelit, from Old High German gilid, collective derivation from lid, from Proto-Germanic *liþuz. Cognate with German Glied, Dutch lid, gelid, dialectal English lith.

(anatomy) Major appendage of a human or animal.


בעקן

bekn (romanization)
bekns (romanization)

From Middle High German becken, from Old High German becki, beckin, from Vulgar Latin *baccīnum, possibly from Gaulish. Compare German Becken, Dutch bekken, English basin.


דיסק

yi-noun

דיסק • (disk) m, plural דיסקן (diskn), diminutive דיסקל (diskl)

disk (romanization)
diskn (romanization)
diskl (romanization)

Ultimately borrowed from Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “a circular plate suited for hurling”), probably via Belarusian дыск (dysk), Polish dysk, Russian диск (disk), Ukrainian диск (dysk).

bor+

(anatomy) spinal disc, intervertebral disc


איריס

yi-noun

איריס • (iris) m or f, plural איריסן (irisn)

iris (romanization)
irisn (romanization)

Ultimately derived from Latin īris, from Ancient Greek ἶρις (îris). Compare German Iris, Polish irys, Russian и́рис (íris).


קניפּל

קניפּל • (knipl) n, plural קניפּלעך (kniplekh)

knipl (romanization)
kniplekh (romanization)


אַפּל

head

אַפּל • (apl) m

Most likely from Middle High German apfel, from Old High German apful, from Proto-West Germanic *applu, from Proto-Germanic *aplaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl. Doublet of עפּל (epl). Compare semantically German Augapfel, Dutch oogappel, Old English ēagæppel.


באָקע

boke (romanization)
bokes (romanization)

Borrowed from Slavic; compare Polish, Serbo-Croatian bok (“flank”), Russian бочо́к (bočók). Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *bokъ, although likely from some dialectal variant *boka or *бока, which would explain the unexpected feminine gender. The alternative form derives from the regular Slavic form, although the plural form is also באָקעס (bokes).


schleem

Joel Sirkis (Krakow, 1631): "The membrane which the French call teile is known to the experts, and in Yiddish it is called the schleimel'' (BaH YD 39:5).

David HaLevi Segal (Ostroh, 1646): "Often the mohel errs in thinking that he has already completed the circumcision, when in fact the very thin skin or schleimel remains, and he must remove the schleimel (TaZ YD 246:6).

Moses Sofer (Bratislava, 1825): "The flesh between the twelfth and thirteenth ribs . . . needs to be slightly trimmed, and they remove the schleem, the thin skin" (Chasam Sofer YD #68).