ідыш

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• idyš, idysz, jidyš, jidysz — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish ייִדיש (yidish), itself from Middle High German jüdesch, from Old High German judeisc. Compare Lithuanian jidiš, Polish jidysz, Russian и́диш (ídiš), Ukrainian ї́диш (jídyš).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjidɨʂ]

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Proper noun

і́дыш • (ídyš) m inan (genitive і́дыша, uncountable)

1. the Yiddish language

   кні́га на і́дыш ― kníha na ídyš ― a book in Yiddish

   ён размаўля́е на і́дыш ― jon razmaŭljáje na ídyš ― he speaks Yiddish

Usage notes

• There does not exist an adjectival -скі (-ski) form for Yiddish. To express "in Yiddish", it should be written with на (na), as in the collocation, or as на мове ідыш (na móvje idyš, literally “in the Yiddish language”). To express "speak Yiddish", на (na) is also used, instead of па-...ску (pa-...sku).
• Similarly to Ukrainian (but differently to Russian), the noun is not inflected after на (na).

Declension

Declension of і́дыш (inan sg-only hard masc-form accent-a)

	singular
nominative	і́дыш ídyš
genitive	і́дыша ídyša
dative	і́дышу ídyšu
accusative	і́дыш ídyš
instrumental	і́дышам ídyšam
locative	і́дышы ídyšy

Related terms

• іўры́т (iŭrýt)
• яўрэ́й (jaŭréj)

References

• “ідыш” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org