פֿאַרבײַפֿלי

Yiddish

Etymology

Deverbal from פֿאַרבײַפֿליִען (farbayflien). By surface analysis, פֿאַרבײַ־ (farbay-) +‎ פֿלי (fli).

Noun

פֿאַרבײַפֿלי • (farbayfli) m, plural פֿאַרבײַפֿליִען (farbayflien)

1. flight past (bird, plane, etc.)

References

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