ציפֿער
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Yiddish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle High German zifer (“digit”), from Old French cifre, from Latin cifra, ultimately from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr). Compare German Ziffer, as well as Polish cyfra and Russian ци́фра (cífra) for use as a feminine noun. Doublet of שיפֿער (shifer).
Noun[edit]
ציפֿער • (tsifer) m or f, plural ציפֿערן (tsifern), diminutive ציפֿערל (tsiferl)
Derived nouns[edit]
- ציפֿערן די צײַט (tsifern di tsayt, “recall”)
- אומציפֿער m or f (umtsifer, “odd number”)
- ציפֿערבלאַט (tsiferblat, “watchface”)
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- Yiddish terms inherited from Middle High German
- Yiddish terms derived from Middle High German
- Yiddish terms derived from Old French
- Yiddish terms derived from Latin
- Yiddish terms derived from Arabic
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- Yiddish lemmas
- Yiddish nouns
- Yiddish masculine nouns
- Yiddish feminine nouns
- Yiddish nouns with multiple genders