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Yiddishist en · ADJ

Etymology

From Yiddish ייִדישיסט (yidishist, “Yiddishist (person)”). By surface analysis, Yiddish + -ist.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of or relating to the efforts of the Yiddishists.

Relateds

Yiddishism · Yiddish studies

Synonyms

Yiddishistic

Translations (3)

yi ייִדישיסטיש (Yiddishist (adjective)) · pl jidyszystyczny (Yiddishist (adjective)) · de jiddischistisch (Yiddishist (adjective))

Yiddishist en · NOUN

Etymology

From Yiddish ייִדישיסט (yidishist, “Yiddishist (person)”). By surface analysis, Yiddish + -ist.

Meanings

  1. A proponent of the Yiddish language and culture.
    • The third type of secular Bar Mitzvah was developed by secular Yiddishists in the United States before and after World War II. Rifkind's book includes a Hebrew translation of a Yiddish article from 1939 describing such an event. It sounds from the description that the family and friends were Labor Zionists. The party was in place of a synagogue service and the focus had shifted from God and the Mitzvot to Zionism, Yiddish and the Jewish people. 2024, David Golinkin, “The Origin and History of the Bar/Bat Mitzvah Ceremony”, in Responsa in a Moment, volume 4, page 57:

Forms

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Yiddishists Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (6)

pl jidyszysta (Yiddishist (noun)) · pl jidyszystka (Yiddishist (noun)) · de Jiddist (Yiddishist (noun)) · yi ייִדישיסטקע (Yiddishist (noun)) · de Jiddistin (Yiddishist (noun)) · yi ייִדישיסט (Yiddishist (noun))