פֿאָלקסגעזונט

Yiddish edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɫksɡəˌzʊnt/

Noun edit

פֿאָלקסגעזונט • (folksgezunt) n

public health

Usage notes edit

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

References edit

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

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