Yiddish edit

Etymology edit

Cognate to German hübsch (pretty, handsome), from Middle High German hübesch (courtly), thus a doublet of הויף (hoyf). For the semantic development, compare English pretty, German schön (especially ganz schön).

Adjective edit

היפּש (hipsh)

  1. considerable, sizeable
    • 2020 April 24, Mikhail Krutikov, “װי פּאָליטיש זײַנען ייִדישע לימודים?”, in Forverts:
      װײַס האָט געהאַט א היפּשע השפּעה אױף דער אױפֿנאַמע פֿון ייִדיש אין אַמעריקע.
      vays hot gehat a hipshe hashpoe oyf der oyfname fun yidish in amerike.
      Weiss had a considerable influence on the reception of Yiddish in America.

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