שטאָק

Yiddish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃtɔk/

Etymology 1

From Middle High German stoc, from Old High German stoc, from Proto-West Germanic *stukk, from Proto-Germanic *stukkaz. Cognate with German Stock.

Noun

שטאָק • (shtok) m, plural שטאָקן (shtokn) or שטאָק (shtok)

1. walking cane

   Synonym: שטעקן (shtekn)

2. bludgeon

   Synonym: דובינקע f (dubinke)

3. truncheon
4. storey (floor, level)

   Synonyms: גאָרן (gorn), עטאַזש (etazh)

Usage notes

• שטאָק (shtok) in the sense of "storey" takes the plural form of שטאָק, but this sense is of doubtful admissibility.

Derived terms

• ערשטער שטאָק (ershter shtok, “first floor”)
• האָקישטאָק (hokishtok), האָקיישטאָק (hokeyshtok)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adverb

שטאָק • (shtok)

1. completely, fully, extremely

   שטאָק פֿינצטער

   shtok fintster

   pitch dark

Derived terms

• שטאָק בלינד (shtok blind, “stone blind”)
• שטאָק־פֿינצטערניש (shtok-fintsternish, “extreme darkness”)
• שטאָק נאַכט (shtok nakht, “darkest night”)
• שטאָק רײַך (shtok raykh, “extremely rich”)
• שטאָק שטײַף (shtok shtayf, “ramrod straight”)

References

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