אוקראַיִנישע

Yiddish

Adjective

אוקראַיִנישע • (ukrainishe)

  1. inflection of אוקראַיִניש (ukrainish):
    1. nominative feminine singular
    2. plural

Etymology 2

Back-formation from אוקראַיִנישער (ukrainisher) (Ukrainian Jew), from a clipping of אוקראַיִנישער ייִד (ukrainisher yid).

Noun

אוקראַיִנישע • (ukrainishe) f, plural אוקראַיִנישע (ukrainishe)

  1. Ukrainian Jewish woman
Usage notes
  • Yiddish rigorously distinguishes between Jews and non-Jews in national terminology. A Ukrainian non-Jewish woman is not an ukrainishe, but rather an אוקראַיִנערין (ukrainerin) or אוקראַיִנערקע (ukrainerke).
  • This noun declines in much the same way as the adjective אוקראַיִניש (ukrainish), but without the separate predicate form. For example, the dative singular is אוקראַיִנישער (ukrainisher).
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