נעגעלע

Yiddish

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛɡəɫə/

Noun

נעגעלע • (negele) n, 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)

Derived terms

• באָרד־נעגעלע (bord-negele, “sweet william”)
• גאָרטן־נעגעלע (gortn-negele)
• נעגעלע־בלומיקע (negele-blumike)
• נעגעלעך־אייל (negelekh-eyl)
• פּעך־נעגעלעך (pekh-negelekh, “red pecan (Lychnis viscaria)”)

Related terms

• נעלקנאייל (nelkneyl)

References

• 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