Yiddish

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Etymology

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From Middle High German negellīn, negelīn, diminutive of Middle High German nagel. By surface analysis, נאָגל (nogl) +‎ ־עלע (-ele) with umlaut. Compare Alemannic German Nägeli, Negeli, German Näglein (archaic). Compare also German Nelke, a back-formation from plural Nelken, from whence נעלקנ־ (nelkn-), as in נעלקנאייל (nelkneyl, clove oil); as well as German Nägele, now chiefly attested only as a surname.

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Noun

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נעגעלע (negelen, plural נעגעלעך (negelekh)

  1. diminutive of נאָגל (nogl): little nail
  2. (cooking) clove (spice from the aromatic flower buds of Syzygium aromaticum)
  3. (botany) carnation, pink (Dianthus)
    Synonyms: גאָרטן־נעגעלע (gortn-negele), גוואָזדיקע (gvozdike)

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References

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  • Justus van de Kamp et al., “נעגעלע” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). [1].
  • Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “נעגעלע”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
  • Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “carnation”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN