באָרט

Yiddish

Etymology

From Middle Low German bort, from Old Saxon bord, from Proto-West Germanic *bord. Possibly reinforced or even reintroduced into Yiddish by Belarusian, Russian, and Ukrainian борт (bort). Compare German Bord.

Noun

באָרט • (bort) m, plural באָרטן (bortn)

1. (nautical) board, side, shipboard

Derived terms

• אויפֿן באָרט פֿון (oyfn bort fun, “on board”)
• לינקער באָרט (linker bort)
• פֿון באָרט אַראָפּ (fun bort arop, “overboard”)
• רעכטער באָרט (rekhter bort)

 

References

• Astravux, Aljaksandar (2008) “bort”, in Idyš-bjelaruski slóŭnik [Yiddish–Belarusian Dictionary], Minsk: Mjedisónt, →ISBN, page 169
• Justus van de Kamp et al., “באָרט” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). [1].
• Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “באָרט”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN