סערפּ

Yiddish

Etymology

Borrowed from Slavic, from Proto-Slavic *sьrpъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sírpas, from Proto-Indo-European *sr̥p-. Compare Russian серп (serp), Old Church Slavonic срьпъ (srĭpŭ, “sickle”), Bulgarian сърп (sǎrp), Czech srp, Polish sierp, Latvian sirpis, Greek ἅρπη (hárpē) and Latin sarpiō.

Noun

סערפּ • (serp) m

1. sickle