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)
- 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.
- The Yiddish Forward, 10 July 2014