ערגסט

Yiddish edit

Etymology edit

Old High German arg +‎ ־סט (-st) with umlaut. Compare German ärgsten, and more distantly Dutch ergst. Supplanted the original superlative of שלעכט (shlekht), which likely would have been *שלעכטסט (*shlekhtst).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ɛrɡst/

Adjective edit

ערגסט • (ergst)

superlative degree of שלעכט (shlekht): worst

Declension edit

Declension of ערגסט


predicative					ערגסט ergst
case	masculine	neuter			feminine	plural
case	masculine	indefinite	definite	post./nom.	feminine	plural
nominative	ערגסטער ergster	ערגסט ergst	ערגסטע ergste	ערגסטס ergsts	ערגסטע ergste	ערגסטע ergste
accusative	ערגסטן ergstn		ערגסטע ergste	ערגסטס ergsts	ערגסטע ergste
dative	ערגסטן ergstn		ערגסטן ergstn		ערגסטער ergster

References edit

Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “ערגסט”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN