פֿיש

Yiddish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German fisk, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *pisḱ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɪʃ/

Noun

פֿיש • (fish) m, plural פֿיש (fish) or פֿישן (fishn)

1. fish

Usage notes

• Similar to English fishes, the plural פֿישן (fishn) is used to denote varieties of fish, or fish dishes.

Derived terms

• פֿישער (fisher)
• געפֿילטע פֿיש (gefilte fish)