Yiddish

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Etymology

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From Middle High German smecken (to taste), from Proto-West Germanic *smakkijan, from Proto-West Germanic *smakku (a taste), from Proto-Indo-European *smegʰ-, *smeg- (to taste). Cognate to German schmecken (taste).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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שמעקן (shmekn) (past participle געשמעקט (geshmekt))

  1. smell (sense with nose)

Conjugation

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Noun

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שמעקן (shmekn)

  1. plural of שמעק (shmek)