Polish

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Etymology

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From żyd +‎ -owski.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʐɘˈdɔf.ski/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔfski
  • Syllabification: ży‧dow‧ski

Adjective

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żydowski (not comparable, no derived adverb)

  1. (relational) Jewish

Declension

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Noun

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żydowski m inan

  1. Yiddish (West Germanic, or more specifically High German, language that developed from Middle High German dialects, with an admixture of vocabulary from multiple source languages, including Hebrew-Aramaic, Romance, Slavic, English, etc., and mostly written in Hebrew characters, which is used mainly among Ashkenazic Jews from Central and Eastern Europe)
    Synonym: jidysz

Derived terms

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nouns

Further reading

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  • żydowski in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • żydowski in Polish dictionaries at PWN