נאַכט

Yiddish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts

Proto-Germanic *nahts

Proto-West Germanic *naht

Old High German naht

Middle High German naht

Yiddish נאַכט

Inherited from Middle High German naht, from Old High German naht, from Proto-West Germanic *naht, from Proto-Germanic *nahts, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts. Compare German Nacht.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naχt/

Noun

נאַכט • (nakht) f, plural נעכט (nekht)

1. night (period between sundown and sunrise)

Antonyms

• טאָג (tog)

Derived terms

• אַ גוטע נאַכט (a gute nakht, “goodbye, goodnight”)
• אויפֿדערנאַכט (oyfdernakht, “at night, by night”, adverb)
• איבערנאַכטיק (ibernakhtik, “overnight”, adjective)
• בײַנאַכט (baynakht, “by night”, adverb)
• נאַכטהעמד n (nakhthemd, “nightshirt”)
• ניטל נאַכט (nitl nakht)