קאַליע

Yiddish

Etymology

Related to Polish kalać (“to soil”), Russian кал (kal, “faeces”), Ukrainian каля́ти (kaljáty), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *kaľati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaʎə/

Adjective

קאַליע • (kalye) (indeclinable)

1. spoiled, damaged, broken
2. destroyed
3. stained
4. defiled, ruined

Derived terms

• קאַליע ווערן (kalye vern)
• קאַליע מאַכן (kalye makhn)
• קאַליע־מאַכער (kalye-makher)
• קאַליעדיק (kalyedik)
• קאַליעצטווע (kalyetstve)

 

References

• Astravux, Aljaksandar (2008) “kalje”, in Idyš-bjelaruski slóŭnik [Yiddish–Belarusian Dictionary], Minsk: Mjedisónt, →ISBN, page 430
• Justus van de Kamp et al., “קאַליע” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). [1].