קניפּ

Yiddish

Alternative forms

• קנײַפּ (knayp)

Etymology

Deverbal from קנײַפּן (knaypn). Compare Dutch kneep, German Kniff, Low German Kneep.

Noun

קניפּ • (knip) m, plural קניפּן (knipn), diminutive קניפּל (knipl)

1. pinch, nip, tweak

Derived terms

• געבן אַ קניפּ (gebn a knip), אַ קניפּ טאָן (a knip ton, “to pinch, to nip”)
• געבן אַ קניפּ אין בעקל (gebn a knip in bekl, “to pinch someone's cheek; (fig.) to pat someone on the back”)
• געבן זיך אַ קניפּ אין בעקל (gebn zikh a knip in bekl, “to congratulate oneself, to flatter oneself”)

References

• Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “pinch”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN