Yiddish edit

Etymology edit

From Old High German skaban, from Proto-Germanic *skabaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skabʰ- (to scratch). Compare German schaben, archaic Luxembourgish schuewen, Dutch schaven, English shave, Danish skave, Swedish skava, Icelandic skafa, Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 (skaban).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ʃɔbn̩/, /ʃɔbm̩/

Verb edit

שאָבן (shobn) (past participle געשאָבן (geshobn))

  1. (imperfective) to scrape, to peel
  2. to pare
    Synonyms: אָפּשיילן (opsheyln), שנײַדן (shnaydn), אַרומשנײַדן (arumshnaydn), אָפּשאָבן (opshobn)
  3. (transitive) to scale (fish)

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References edit

  • Justus van de Kamp et al., “שאָבן” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). [1].
  • Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “שאָבן”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
  • Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “pare”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN