־מאָרד
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Yiddish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From מאָרד (mord, “murder”). Compare German -mord.
Suffix[edit]
־מאָרד • (-mord)
- -cide
- קינדער (kinder, “children”) + ־מאָרד (-mord) → קינדערמאָרד (kindermord, “infanticide”)
- מוטער (muter, “mother”) + ־מאָרד (-mord) → מוטערמאָרד (mutermord, “matricide”)
See also[edit]
- (killer): ־מאָרדער (-morder)
References[edit]
- Uriel Weinreich (1977) “-cide”, in Modern English-Yiddish, Yiddish-English Dictionary, New York: Schocken Books, page 53