כּלומרשט

Yiddish

Alternative forms

• מכּלומרשט‎ (mikloymersht)
• [script needed] (klompersht)
• [script needed] (miklompersht)

Etymology

From ־שט‎ (-sht) suffixed onto Hebrew כְּלוֹמַר‎ (k'lomár, “that is to say”), from כְּ־‎ (k'-, “as”) + לוֹמַר‎ (lomár), infinitive of אָמַר‎ ('amár, “to say”).

Adverb

כּלומרשט • (kloymersht)

1. as if, as though, as it were
   • 1894, שלום־עליכם (sholem-aleyhkem, “Sholem Aleichem”), “דאָס גרויסע געווינס (dos groyse gevins)”, in טבֿיה דער מילכיקער (tevye der milkhiker, “Tevye the Dairyman”):

     ‏אַ גוטן אָוונט, סקאָצל קומט! — מאַך איך צו זיי שטאַרק אויף אַ קול, כּלומרשט אין גוטן מוט.‎‎

     a gutn ovnt, skotsl kumt! — makh ikh tsu zey shtark oyf a kol, kloymersht in gutn mut.

     “Good evening, what a surprise!” I say to them in a strong voice, as though in a good mood.

Derived terms

• אויף צו כּלומרשט‎ (oyf tsu kloymersht, “apparently, supposedly”)
• כּלומרשטיק‎ (kloymershtik, “apparent, supposed”)