שעפּטש

Yiddish

Etymology

Compare Polish szept, Russian шёпот (šópot), and Ukrainian ше́піт (šépit). By surface analysis, deverbal from שעפּטשען (sheptshen).

Noun

שעפּטש • (sheptsh) m, plural שעפּטשן (sheptshn)

1. whisper

Related terms

• שעפּטשען (sheptshen, “to whisper”)
• שעפּטשערײַ (sheptsheray, “whispering”)