וואַלדקאַץ

Yiddish

Etymology

וואַלד (vald) +‎ קאַץ (kats), literally, “forest cat”. Compare German Waldkatze.

Noun

וואַלדקאַץ • (valdkats) f, plural וואַלדקעץ (valdkets)

1. wildcat

References

• Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “וואַלדקאַץ”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN