Jewish Word Glossary
Glossary Key
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abbr. = abbreviated esp .= especially Heb. = Hebrew lit. = literally n = noun |
pl. = plural pron. = pronounced usu. = usually v = verb Yid. = Yiddish |
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B | C
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E | F
| G |
H | I
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R | S
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F
- Falasha
- lit.=wanderer: derogatory name for Ethiopian Jews
- far vus
- (Yid.) for what, why
- farbissener
- (Yid.) stubborn one
- farblonget
- (Yid.) lost
- farbrecher
- lit.=breaker: (Yid.) con man
- farbrengen
- (Yid.) party [n], esp. religious or family
- farbrent
- (Yid.) burning; zealous
- farfallen
- (Yid.) collapsed, fallen in; lost, a lost cause
- fargengin
- (Yid.) pleasure
- farkrenk
- lit=for sickness: (Yid.) spend money on illness [v]
- felafel
- pita sandwich with fried chick-pea balls
- ferdrimmeled
- (Yid.) dreaming, daydreaming
- ferklempt
- (Yid.) clenched
- fermished
- (Yid.) mixed up, messed up
- ferpitzed
- (Yid.) dressed up
- fershtays
- (Yid.) understand
- fershimmeled
- (Yid.) moldy
- fershluginer
- (Yid.) "slugged," beaten, defeated
- ferschnoshked
- (Yid.) drunk
- fertootsed
- (Yid.) over-dressed, overdone
- fleischig
- containing or relating to meat
- foilishtik
- (Yid) foolish
- fress
- (Yid.) gobble
- fresser
- (Yid.) glutton
- freylach
- (Yid.) festive
- frosk
- (Yid.) slap
- frum
- lit.=pious: observant of halachah
- fumfer
- (Yid.) mumble
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