פֿאָרכצום

Yiddish

Alternative forms

• פֿאָרכטצום (forkhttsum)

Etymology

Derived from פֿאָרכטן (forkhtn, “to fear”) + possibly צום (tsum), the former being cognate to German fürchten.

Adjective

פֿאָרכצום • (forkhtsum)

1. (obsolete, religion) pious, God-fearing

Declension

Declension of פֿאָרכצום

predicative					פֿאָרכצום forkhtsum
case	masculine	neuter			feminine	plural
		indefinite	definite	post./nom.
nominative	פֿאָרכצומער forkhtsumer	פֿאָרכצום forkhtsum	פֿאָרכצומע forkhtsume	פֿאָרכצומס forkhtsums	פֿאָרכצומע forkhtsume	פֿאָרכצומע forkhtsume
accusative	פֿאָרכצומען forkhtsumen
dative			פֿאָרכצומען forkhtsumen		פֿאָרכצומער forkhtsumer

References

• Astravux, Aljaksandar (2008) “fórx(t)cumer”, in Idyš-bjelaruski slóŭnik [Yiddish–Belarusian Dictionary], Minsk: Mjedisónt, →ISBN, page 319
• Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “פֿאָרכצום”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN