שיף

Yiddish

Etymology 1

From Middle High German schif, from Old High German skif.

Noun

שיף • (shif) f, plural שיפֿן (shifn), diminutive שיפֿל (shifl)

1. ship

Related terms

• פֿראַכטשיף (frakhtshif)
• שיפֿבױערײַ (shifboyeray)

Etymology 2

From northern Middle High German schief, schīf (etc.), from Middle Low German schêf, from Old Saxon *skêf, from Proto-West Germanic *skaib, from Proto-Germanic *skaibaz. Compare German schief.

Adjective

שיף • (shif) (comparative שיפֿער (shifer), superlative שיפֿסט (shifst))

1. skew, slanted

Declension

Declension of שיף

predicative					שיף shif
case	masculine	neuter			feminine	plural
		indefinite	definite	post./nom.
nominative	שיפֿער shifer	שיף shif	שיפֿע shife	שיפֿס shifs	שיפֿע shife	שיפֿע shife
accusative	שיפֿן shifn
dative			שיפֿן shifn		שיפֿער shifer

Antonyms

• גראָד (grod)