נאַסטיעזש

Yiddish

Alternative forms

• נאַסטעזש (nastezh)

Etymology

Most likely borrowed from Belarusian на́сцеж (náscjež) and/or Russian на́стежь (nástežʹ), albeit with a change in syllable stress. Alternative form most likely from an un-palatalized Ukrainian cognate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naˈstjɛʒ/, /naˈsʲtʲeʒ/

Adverb

נאַסטיעזש • (nastyezh) (dialectal)

1. wide open

   Synonyms: אָפֿן נאַסטיעזש (ofn nastyezh), נאַסטיעזש אָפֿן (nastyezh ofn)

References

• Astravux, Aljaksandar (2008) “nast(j)ež”, in Idyš-bjelaruski slóŭnik [Yiddish–Belarusian Dictionary], Minsk: Mjedisónt, →ISBN, page 564
• Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “נאַסטיעזש”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
• Justus van de Kamp et al., “נאַסטיעזש” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). [1].