Dictionary of Yiddish Slang and Idioms
Author: Fred Kogos
Publisher: Citadel Press
Published: 1983
Total Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780806503479
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Yiddish idioms appear in romanized form.
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The Dictionary of Popular Yiddish Words, Phrases, and Proverbs
Author: Fred Kogos
Publisher: Citadel Press
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 396
ISBN-13: 9780806518855
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This fascinating, useful, and funny collection of proverbs, curses, maxims, and ribald expressions will teach readers all they ever wanted to know about this remarkable language.
English-Yiddish, Yiddish-English Dictionary
Author: David C. Gross
Publisher: Hippocrene Books
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9780781804394
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This Yiddish-English dictionary includes over 4,000 Romanized word-to-word entries; an appendix of idiomatic expressions & proverbs; and an appendix of common words used in the English language.
Book of Yiddish Proverbs and Slang
Author: Fred Kogos
Publisher:
Published: 1970
Total Pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9780890096185
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Modern English-Yiddish Dictionary
Author: Uriel Weinreich
Publisher: Schocken
Published: 1987-12-27
Total Pages: 852
ISBN-13: 0805205756
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The standard reference guide, with more than 20,000 entries ranging from colloquial to literary Yiddish, plus: a grammar guide, a pronunciation key, and instructions for usage Dr. Uriel Weinreich’s Modern English-Yiddish Yiddish-English Dictionary has been praised by both scholars and Yiddish writers for its completeness, its remarkable insight into the meanings of Yiddish words and expressions, and its precise presentation of Yiddish grammar and pronunciation. It is the work of one of this century’s most admired scholars of Yiddish language and culture, and took twenty years to complete. Comprehensive and reliable, the Modern English-Yiddish Yiddish-English Dictionary is the standard reference guide to contemporary Yiddish, an essential volume for the beginner and the expert alike.
Every Goy's Guide to Common Jewish Expressions
Author: Arthur Naiman
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 1985
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780345335982
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →dredl: A dump little square top that won't spin right to play with on Chanukah. from that you make a living?: The correct response to someone who tells you they're an artist, a musician, a writer, or a blue-collar worker. goyim nakhes: The kind of things that gratify the stereotypical goy-a new motor home, bagging the limit duck hunting, a promotion to major, etc. mother (Jewish): I don't personally believe that Jewish mothers are all that different from other kinds of mothers. For one thing, my mother was nothing like the stereotype. She used to abandon me on our cabin floor for days at a time while she went out deer hunting...
Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary
Author: Solon Beinfeld
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2013-01-08
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780253009838
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Including over 37,000 entries compiled by a team of expert Yiddish linguists, Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary surpasses all its predecessors in the number of words and rich selection of idioms, examples of usage, and coverage of stylistic levels and dialect forms. The user-friendly entries include words for standard and literary as well as contemporary colloquial and conversational usage and a wide range of terms from all sources of Yiddish, including those of Hebraic-Aramaic, Slavic, and Romance as well as Germanic origin. The lexical corpus comes directly from the highly acclaimed Dictionnaire Yiddish-Français by Yitskhok Niborski and Bernard Vaisbrot, published by the Bibliothèque Medem in Paris in 2002. Augmented by an extensive user's guide, this volume is an indispensable resource for students, teachers, translators, and readers of Yiddish.
Drek!
Author: Yetta Emmes
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 1998-12-01
Total Pages: 116
ISBN-13: 1440621152
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →One doesn't have to be Jewish to recognize the words that have made their way into every fold of popular language: Chutzpah, Mensch, Tokhes, Mishmash, Nudge, Shtick, Schmaltzy, Schlep, Icky, and so on. Then there are phrases whose meaning and syntax are borrowed from Yiddish: "bite your tongue", "drop dead", "enough already", and "excuse the expression". This hilarious, concise guide includes chapters on the Basic Descriptions of People (the good, the bad, the ugly, and the goofy), the Fine Art of Cursing, Juicy Words and Phrases, Exclamations and Exasperations, and the Fine Art of Blessing.
Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary
Author: Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath
Publisher:
Published: 2021-09-14
Total Pages: 900
ISBN-13: 9780253058843
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →-Revised and expanded 2nd Ed of the award-winning, Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary. -Includes more than 85,000 words, and approximately 1000 new terms. First edition sold over 3500 copies.
