גיך

Yiddish

Alternative forms

• געך (gekh) (dialectal)

Etymology

From Middle High German gæhe, from Old High German gāhi, from Proto-Germanic *ganhuz. Compare German jäh (“abrupt”), Jähe (“abruptness”). Also cognate with Bavarian gach (“sudden, abrupt”), Dutch gauw (“soon”) and probably English gay, jay.

Adjective

גיך • (gikh) (comparative גיכער (gikher), superlative גיכסט (gikhst))

1. quick, fast

Declension

Declension of גיך

predicative					גיך gikh
case	masculine	neuter			feminine	plural
		indefinite	definite	post./nom.
nominative	גיכער gikher	גיך gikh	גיכע gikhe	גיכס gikhs	גיכע gikhe	גיכע gikhe
accusative	גיכן gikhn
dative			גיכן gikhn		גיכער gikher

Further reading

• Map of dialectal variants for "quickly" from Litvish: An Atlas of Northeastern Yiddish by Dovid Katz

Noun

גיך • (gikh) f

1. speed, haste

Derived terms

• אין גיכן (in gikhn)