קאַמף

Yiddish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German kampf, ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin campus (“field, plain”), where battles would be pitched. Cognate to German Kampf.

Noun

קאַמף • (kamf) m, plural קאַמפֿן (kamfn)

1. fight, struggle, battle
   • The Yiddish Forward, 10 July 2014

     בײַם אָנהייב פֿון די נײַסטע קאַמפֿן צווישן ישׂראל און „כאַמאַס‟, האָבן די מיליטאַנטן אין עזה געהאַט גרויס חשק דורכצופֿירן די אַטאַקן קעגן דער ייִדישער מדינה

     baym onheyb fun di nayste kamfn tsvishn yisroel un „khamas‟, hobn di militantn in aze gehat groys kheyshek durkhtsufirn di atakn kegn der yidisher medine

     At the onset of the most recent hostilities between Israel and Hamas, militants in Gaza had a great desire to carry out attacks against the Jewish state.