נעבעך
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Yiddish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Slavic (compare Czech nebohý), from Proto-Slavic *nebogъ.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
נעבעך • (nebekh)
- sadly, unfortunately (indicates something to the detriment of the subject of the sentence)
- ער האָט נעבעך נישט קיין שיך.
- er hot nebekh nisht keyn shikh.
- He doesn't have any shoes, poor thing.
- 1936, Mordechai Gebirtig, ס׳ברענט ("It is burning"):
- ס׳ברענט, ברידערלעך, ס׳ברענט! / אוי אונדזער אָרעם שטעטל נעבעך ברענט!
- s'brent, briderlekh, s'brent! / oy undzer orem shtetl nebekh brent!
- It's burning, brothers, it's burning! Oh, what a pity, our poor shtetl is burning!
Noun[edit]
נעבעך • (nebekh) m
- unfortunate person; unhappy person; poor person
Related terms[edit]
- נעביש (nebish)
- נעבעכדיקײט (nebekhdikeyt)