Yiddish

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Etymology

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From Middle High German nœtic, nœtec, nōtic, nōtec, nōdic, from Old High German nōtag (forced, urgent, needy), from Proto-West Germanic *naudag (obligatory, needful), from Proto-Germanic *naudagaz. By surface analysis, נויט (noyt, need) +‎ ־יק (-ik) with umlaut. Compare German nötig.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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נייטיק (neytik)

  1. necessary

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