ענגעלפֿיש

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Yiddish

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.אַן ענגעלפֿיש

Etymology

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From ענגעל (engel, “angel”) +‎ פֿיש (fish, “fish”), calque of English angelfish.

Noun

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ענגעלפֿיש • (engelfish) f, plural ענגעלפֿיש (engelfish) or ענגעלפֿישן (engelfishn)

  1. angelfish

References

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  • Paul Abelson (1915) “angel-fish”, in English-Yiddish Encyclopedic Dictionary, New York: The Jewish Press
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