שידוך

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Hebrew[edit]

Root
שׁ־ד־ך (š-d-k)

Noun[edit]

שידוך / שִׁדּוּךְ (shidúkhm [pattern: קִטּוּל]

  1. matchmaking

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Yiddish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Hebrew שידוך / שִׁדּוּךְ.

Noun[edit]

שידוך (shidekhm, plural שידוכים (shidukhem)

  1. match (potential partner for marriage, usually arranged by a matchmaker)
    אַ שידוך זאָל מען טאָן אין דער היים, אַ גנבֿה אין דער פֿרעמד.
    a shidekh zol men ton in der heym, a gneyve in der fremd.
    A match should be made at home, a theft in a foreign place.

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