פּלויט

Yiddish

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *plotъ. Compare Polish płot, Serbo-Croatian плот (plot), Ukrainian пліт (plit).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɫɔɪ̯t/

Noun

פּלויט • (ployt) m, plural פּלויטן (ploytn)

1. fence

   Synonyms: פּאַרקן (parkn), צאַם (tsam), צוים (tsoym)

Derived terms

• דראָטן־פּלויט (drotn-ployt, “wire fence”)
• עלעקטרישער פּלויט (elektrisher ployt, “electric fence”)
• געוויקסן־פּלויט (geviksn-ployt, “hedge”)
• קייטלפּלויט (keytlployt, “chain-link fence”)
• פּלויט־איבערטריט (ployt-ibertrit, “stile”)
• פּלויט־מלך (ployt-meylekh, “wren”)
• שטיין פֿון יענער זײַט פּלויט (shteyn fun yener zayt ployt, “to be left out of the picture”)

Related terms

• פּלייט (pleyt, “fences, hedges”)

References

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