Yiddish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From גנבֿ (ganef, thief) +‎ ־ענען (-enen).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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גנבֿענען (ganvenen) (past participle געגנבֿעט (geganvet))

  1. steal (to illegally take possession of)
    • 1971, מוני תל די תרו, מר די כורבונס:
      איך האב געגנבעט, איך האב געגנבעט אליין א הונגעריקער, און אים געגעבן, ער זאל ניט אויסגיין פאר הונגער.
      ikh hob geganvet, ikh hob geganvet aleyn a hungeriker, un im gegebn, er zol nit oysgeyn far hunger.
      I stole, I stole, myself a hungry man, and gave to him, so that he would not starve.
  2. (reflexive) steal (to move silently or surreptitiously)

Conjugation

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Usage notes

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  • The past participle is realized as geganvet in YIVO, Litvish, and Ukraynish; geganeft in Western Yiddish; and a mix of the two, plus geganvnt, are displayed in Poylish.[1]

References

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  1. ^ The Language and Culture Atlas of Ashkenazic Jewry: The Eastern Yiddish - Western Yiddish Continuum, Volume III, Niemeyer, 2010, p. 126-127