שעפּטש

Yiddish

Etymology

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

Noun

שעפּטש • (sheptsh) m, plural שעפּטשן (sheptshn)

whisper

Related terms

שעפּטשען (sheptshen, “to whisper”)
שעפּטשערײַ (sheptsheray, “whispering”)

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