רעפֿיוזניק

Yiddish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English refusenik. By surface analysis, English refuse +‎ ־ניק (-nik).

Noun edit

רעפֿיוזניק (refyuznikm, plural רעפֿיוזניקעס (refyuznikes)

  1. refusenik, otkaznik

References edit

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