גיריק

Yiddish

Etymology

From Middle High German giric, girich, from Old High German girīg, gerag, from Proto-West Germanic *girīg, *gerag, from Proto-Germanic *girigaz, *geragaz, later variants of *gerugaz. Compare German gierig.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɪrɪk/

Adjective

גיריק • (girik)

1. greedy
2. eager

Declension

Declension of גיריק

predicative					גיריק girik
case	masculine	neuter			feminine	plural
		indefinite	definite	post./nom.
nominative	גיריקער giriker	גיריק girik	גיריקע girike	גיריקס giriks	גיריקע girike	גיריקע girike
accusative	גיריקן girikn
dative			גיריקן girikn		גיריקער giriker

Derived terms

• גיריקײט f (girikeyt, “eagerness”)