כּזבֿ
Yiddish
editEtymology
editFrom Hebrew כָּזָב (kazáv). Compare Arabic كَذَبَ (kaḏaba, “to lie”). The pronunciation kezev may have arisen by analogy with a more familiar word, שקר (sheker).
Pronunciation
edit- Properly, according to the Hebrew nikkud:
- Also common:
Noun
editכּזבֿ • (kozev or kezev) m, plural כּזבֿים (kzovim)
Derived terms
edit- כּזבֿן (kazvn)