אַגבֿ

Yiddish

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew אגב‎ (agáv), itself a borrowing from Jewish Babylonian Aramaic אגב‎ (ʾaggaḇ, literally “on the back [of]”), from earlier Aramaic עַל גַּב‎ (ʿal gaḇ).

Pronunciation
  • (YIVO) IPA(key): /ˈa.ɡɜv/

Adverb

אַגבֿ • (agev)

  1. incidentally, by the way
    Synonym: אַגבֿ־אורחא‎ (agev-urkhe)

Derived terms
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