פֿאָלקסגעזונט

Yiddish

Etymology

פֿאָלקס (folks, “popular, people’s; public; folk(loric)”) +‎ געזונט (gezunt, “health”). Compare German Volksgesundheit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɫksɡəˌzʊnt/

Noun

פֿאָלקסגעזונט • (folksgezunt) n

1. public health

Usage notes

• The Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary considers פֿאָלקס־ (folks-) to be a separate suffix rather than an adjective.

References

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