שעפּטש

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Yiddish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compare Polish szept, Russian шёпот (šópot), and Ukrainian ше́піт (šépit). By surface analysis, deverbal from שעפּטשען (sheptshen).

Noun[edit]

שעפּטש (sheptshm, plural שעפּטשן (sheptshn)

  1. whisper

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