קערל
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Yiddish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
קערן (kern) + ־ל (-l), unusually removing the final consonant of the base word.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
קערל • (kerl) n, plural קערלעך (kerlekh)
- Diminutive of קערן (kern)
- grain (single seed of grass food crops)
- pit (seed or stone of fruit)
Derived terms[edit]
- אַרויסנעמען דאָס קערל (aroysnemen dos kerl, “to pit, to take out the pit”)
- ענעס־קערל (enes-kerl, “aniseed”)
- גליאַנדער־קערל (glyander-kerl, “coriander seed”)
- קמיניק־קערל (kminik-kerl, “cumin seed”)
- טשיִאַ־קערל (tshia-kerl, “chia seed”)
- סאָסנע־קערל (sosne-kerl, “pine nut”)
- זענעפֿט־קערל (zeneft-kerl, “mustard seed”)
References[edit]
- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “grain”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN