יאָדער

Yiddish

Alternative forms

• יאָדערע (yodere), יאָדרע (yodre), יאָנדרע (yondre), יאָנדערע (yondere)

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish jądro, arriving at the current form through de-nasalization (see alternative forms).

Noun

יאָדער • (yoder) m or f, plural יאָדערן (yodern), feminine יאָדרע (yodre)

1. (botany) seed, kernel

   דער יאָדער פֿונעם נוס ― der yoder funem nus ― the kernel of the nut

2. (cytology) nucleus (an organelle which contains genetic material)

   צעל יאָדער ― tsel yoder ― cell nucleus

3. (physics) nucleus (cluster of nucleons)

Derived terms

• יאָדער־באָמבע (yoder-bombe, “nuclear bomb”)
• יאָדערלאַנד (yoderland, “mainland”)
• יאָדערדיק (yoderdik, “nuclear; robust”)
• יאָדערלעך (yoderlekh, “nuclear”)
• יאָדערלעכער מיסל (yoderlekher misl, “nuclear missile”)
• יאָדער־געווער (yoder-gever, “nuclear weapons”)
• יאָדער־עלעקטרײַ (yoder-elektray, “nuclear power plant”)
• יאָדערוואַרג (yodervarg, “nuclear material”)

References

• Astravux, Aljaksandar (2008) “joder”, in Idyš-bjelaruski slóŭnik [Yiddish–Belarusian Dictionary], Minsk: Mjedisónt, →ISBN, page 419
• Justus van de Kamp et al., “יאָדער” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). [1].
• Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “nucleus”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN