סקעלעט

Yiddish

Etymology

Ultimately borrowed from Ancient Greek σκελετός (skeletós). Compare German Skelett, Russian скеле́т (skelét).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skəˈɫɛt/

Noun

סקעלעט • (skelet) m, plural סקעלעטן (skeletn)

1. skeleton

   Synonym: געביין (gebeyn, “skeleton, cf. German Gebein”)

Derived terms

• סקעלעטיש (skeletish, “skeletal”)

References

• Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl; Glasser, Paul (2016), “סקעלעט”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press