שוווּם
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Yiddish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Compare Alemannic German Schwumm. Related to שווימען (shvimen).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
שוווּם • (shvum) m, plural שוווּמען (shvumen)
Derived terms[edit]
- אויפֿשוווּם (oyfshvum, “revival, flourishing, boom”)
- אָנשוווּם (onshvum, “floating”)
- פֿלאַטערל־שוווּם (flaterl-shvum)
- קלאַפֿטערשוווּם (klaftershvum)
- נאַזנשוווּם (naznshvum)
- זשאַבעשוווּם (zhabeshvum)
References[edit]
- Justus van de Kamp et al., “שװוּם” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). [1].
- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “swim”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN