תּמצית
Yiddish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtamt͡səs/
Noun
תּמצית • (tamtses) m or n, plural תּמציתים (tamtseysim)
- crux, nub, thrust
- Synonym: עיקר (iker)
- epitome
- Synonyms: אותו־זאַך (oyse-zakh), פֿאַרקערפּערונג (farkerperung)
- essence
- quintessence
- Synonyms: עיקר (iker), קווינטעסענץ (kvintesents)
- gist
- (figurative) kernel
- Synonym: תּוך (tokh)
- (figurative) meat
- Synonyms: תּוך (tokh), ממשות (mamoshes)
- pith (essence)
- (figurative) essence
- excerpt, brief overview, summary
Derived terms
- אַרויסנעמען דעם תּמצית פֿון (aroysnemen dem tamtses fun, “(fig.) to eviscerate”)
- אַרויסוואַרפֿן דעם תּמצית אין איינעם מיטן שאָלעכץ (aroysvarfn dem tamtses in eynem mitn sholekhts, “to throw the baby out with the bathwater”)
- דער תּמצית פֿון דער זאַך (der tamtses fun der zakh, “the heart/root of the matter”)
- תּמציתדיק (tamtsesdik)
- זײַן דער תּמצית פֿון (zayn der tamtses fun, “(fig.) to encapsulate; to epitomize”)
Related terms
- דם־התּמצית (domhatamtses, damhatamtses, “last bit of blood”)
References
- Justus van de Kamp et al., “תּמצית” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). .
- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “crux”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
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