פֿאָלקסגעזונט
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Yiddish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
פֿאָלקס (folks, “popular, people’s; public; folk(loric)”) + געזונט (gezunt, “health”). Compare German Volksgesundheit.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
פֿאָלקסגעזונט • (folksgezunt) n
Usage notes[edit]
- The Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary considers פֿאָלקס־ (folks-) to be a separate suffix rather than an adjective.
References[edit]
- Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “פֿאָלקסגעזונט”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN