Modern English Yiddish Dictionary
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Author | : Uriel Weinreich |
Publisher | : Schocken |
Total Pages | : 852 |
Release | : 1987-12-27 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 0805205756 |
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.
Author | : Mordkhe Schaechter |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Encyclopedias and dictionaries, Yiddish |
ISBN | : 9780253022820 |
Containing nearly 50,000 entries and 33,000 subentries, the Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary emphasizes Yiddish as a living language that is spoken in many places around the world. The late Mordkhe Schaechter collected and researched spoken and literary Yiddish in all its varieties and this landmark dictionary reflects his vision for present-day and future Yiddish usage. The richness of dialect differences and historical developments are noted in entries ranging from "agriculture" to "zoology" and include words and expressions that can be found in classic and contemporary literature, newspapers, and other sources of the written word and have long been used by professionals and tradesmen, in synagogues, at home, in intimate life, and wherever Yiddish-speaking Jews have lived and worked.
Author | : Solon Beinfeld |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013-01-08 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 9780253009838 |
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.
Author | : Alexander Harkavy |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 774 |
Release | : 1891 |
Genre | : English language |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Irving Howe |
Publisher | : Viking Adult |
Total Pages | : 756 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
A gift dedicated to Leonard Bernstein on his 70th birthday (1988). It was signed by the artist, Yossi Stern, and by Teddy Kollek. In addition to the numerous line drawings illustrating the poetry, Stern crafted an original book cover with a colorful drawing of a wedding scene.
Author | : Ronald L. Eisenberg |
Publisher | : Taylor Trade Publications |
Total Pages | : 493 |
Release | : 2011-12-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1589797299 |
The vocabulary of Judaism includes religious terms, customs, Hebrew, Aramaic and Yiddish terms, terms related to American Jewish life and the State of Israel. All are represented in this new guide, with easy to read explanation and cross-references.
Author | : Lothrop Stoddard |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 366 |
Release | : 1921 |
Genre | : Caucasian race |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Fred Kogos |
Publisher | : Citadel Press |
Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 9780806503479 |
Yiddish idioms appear in romanized form.
Author | : Elli Kohen |
Publisher | : Hippocrene Concise Dictionary |
Total Pages | : 620 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 9780781806589 |
This unique book is the first Ladino dictionary for English speakers! Ladino, also known as Judeo-Spanish or Judezmo, was the language spoken by the Sephardic Jews who settled in the Ottoman Empire after their expulsion from Spain in the 15th century. Definitions include word origins, the cultural context of expressions, and usage, making the book an invaluable reference tool for anyone interested in Romance and Oriental languages and/or Jewish culture.
Author | : Uriel Weinreich |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 424 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : Yiddish language |
ISBN | : |