ראַכיט

Yiddish

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin rachitis, from Ancient Greek ῥάχις (rhákhis, “spine, ridge”), via Russian рахи́т (raxít). Compare German Rachitis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raˈχɪt/

Noun

ראַכיט • (rakhit) m

1. (pathology) rickets, rachitis

   Synonym: ענגלישע קרענק (englishe krenk)

References

• Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “rickets”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN