קניפּ
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Yiddish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- קנײַפּ (knayp)
Etymology[edit]
Deverbal from קנײַפּן (knaypn). Compare Dutch kneep, German Kniff, Low German Kneep.
Noun[edit]
קניפּ • (knip) m, plural קניפּן (knipn), diminutive קניפּל (knipl)
Derived terms[edit]
- געבן אַ קניפּ (gebn a knip), אַ קניפּ טאָן (a knip ton, “to pinch, to nip”)
- געבן אַ קניפּ אין בעקל (gebn a knip in bekl, “to pinch someone's cheek; (fig.) to pat someone on the back”)
- געבן זיך אַ קניפּ אין בעקל (gebn zikh a knip in bekl, “to congratulate oneself, to flatter oneself”)
References[edit]
- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “pinch”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN