לאָקש
Yiddish
editEtymology
editFrom a Slavic language; compare Ukrainian ло́кшина (lókšyna), Belarusian ло́кшына (lókšyna), dialectal Russian локша́ (lokšá).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editלאָקש • (loksh) m, plural לאָקשן (lokshn)
- noodle
- לאָקשן זופּ ― lokshn zup ― noodle soup
- vermicelli
- thin person
- (Brazil) American dollar
- (in the plural) banknotes
- (in the plural) scourge
Derived terms
edit- אייער־לאָקש (eyer-loksh, “egg noodle”)
- לאָקש־בוידעם (loksh-boydem), לאָקש־ציבעלע (loksh-tsibele), לאָקש־פּאָליצע (loksh-politse, “no matter what”)
- לאָקשן־קודש (lokshn-koydesh, “(hum.) Hebrew”)
- לאָקשן־קוגל (lokshn-kugl, “noodle cake, noodle pudding”)
- לאָקשנברעט (lokshnbret, “noodle cutting board”)
- לאָקשניויך (lokshnyoykh), לאָקשן־יויך (lokshn-yoykh, “noodle soup”)
- לאָקשנטאָפּ (lokshntop, “noodle pan”)
- לאָקשנטעפּל (lokshntepl, “pot for cooking noodles”)
- לאָקשען (lokshen)
- לאָקשענע (lokshene)
- תּורת־לאָקשן (toyres-lokshn, “complete nonsense”)
References
edit- Astravux, Aljaksandar (2008) “lokš”, in Idyš-bjelaruski slóŭnik [Yiddish–Belarusian Dictionary], Minsk: Mjedisónt, →ISBN, page 498
- Justus van de Kamp et al., “לאָקש” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). [1].