גענוי

Yiddish

Etymology

From Middle High German genoue, genouwe, geneuwe (“narrow, close, exact”), from ge- + nou(we) (“narrow, close, exact”), from Old High German *hnouw (“narrow, close”), from Proto-Germanic *hnawwaz. Cognate with German genau, Middle Low German nouwe, nau (“narrow, brief, exact”), Dutch nauw (“narrow, close”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡəˈnɔɪ̯/

Adverb

גענוי • (genoy)

1. just, exactly, precisely

   Synonyms: פּונקט (punkt), פּינקטלעך (pinktlekh), אַקוראַט (akurat), פּרעציז (pretsiz), עקזאַקט (ekzakt)

   איך ווייס עס גענוי

   ikh veys es genoy

   I know it exactly

Adjective

גענוי • (genoy)

1. just, exact, precise

   Synonyms: פּינקטלעך (pinktlekh), אַקוראַט (akurat), פּרעציז (pretsiz), עקזאַקט (ekzakt)

Declension

Declension of גענוי

predicative					גענוי genoy
case	masculine	neuter			feminine	plural
		indefinite	definite	post./nom.
nominative	גענויער genoyer	גענוי genoy	גענויע genoye	גענויס genoys	גענויע genoye	גענויע genoye
accusative	גענויען genoyen
dative			גענויען genoyen		גענויער genoyer

Derived terms

• גענוייִק (genoyik)
• גענויקייט (genoykeyt, “precision, accuracy”)
• גענויערדיק (genoyerdik)

Usage notes

• Not found in several American Yiddish dictionaries, but well-attested in European ones.

References

• Astravux, Aljaksandar (2008) “genój”, in Idyš-bjelaruski slóŭnik [Yiddish–Belarusian Dictionary], Minsk: Mjedisónt, →ISBN, page 341
• Justus van de Kamp et al., “גענױ” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). [1].