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brifka

English

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Etymology

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Yiddish בריווקע (brivke, “little letter”), a diminutive of Yiddish בריוו (briv), meaning a (postal) letter. Brifka is thus a "little letter". In turn derived from Old High German briaf, which is borrowed from Latin breve, a neuter form of Latin brevis (“short”). Cognates include Middle Dutch, Middle High German brief, and Dutch brief, Old Norse bréf, Old Saxon brēf (all of them borrowed from Latin)[1][2] and English brief.

Noun

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brifka (countable and uncountable, plural brifkas)

  1. a small folding envelope used for keeping diamonds or other gemstones in
    • 2014, Echo Freer, Diamond Geezers:
      With a pair of tweezers, he removed a dazzling rose-coloured crystal from the brifka
  2. by extension a gem envelope including its contents

References

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  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Brief”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN
  2. ^ brief; in: J. de Vries & F. de Tollenaere, "Etymologisch Woordenboek", Uitgeverij Het Spectrum, Utrecht, 1986 (14de druk)

Kashubian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From German Briefträger +‎ -ka.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbrifka/
  • Rhymes: -ifka
  • Syllabification: brif‧ka

Noun

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brifka f

  1. postman
    Synonyms: lëstowi, lëstownik

Further reading

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  • Jan Trepczyk (1994) “listonosz”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “listonosz”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎[1]
  • “brifka”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
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