אוקראַיִנישע

Yiddish

Etymology 1

Adjective

אוקראַיִנישע • (ukrainishe)

1. inflection of אוקראַיִניש (ukrainish):
   1. nominative feminine singular
   2. plural

Etymology 2

Back-formation from אוקראַיִנישער (ukrainisher) (Ukrainian Jew), from a clipping of אוקראַיִנישער ייִד (ukrainisher yid).

Noun

אוקראַיִנישע • (ukrainishe) f, plural אוקראַיִנישע (ukrainishe)

1. Ukrainian Jewish woman

Usage notes

• Yiddish rigorously distinguishes between Jews and non-Jews in national terminology. A Ukrainian non-Jewish woman is not an ukrainishe, but rather an אוקראַיִנערין (ukrainerin) or אוקראַיִנערקע (ukrainerke).
• This noun declines in much the same way as the adjective אוקראַיִניש (ukrainish), but without the separate predicate form. For example, the dative singular is אוקראַיִנישער (ukrainisher).