גיך
Yiddish
Alternative forms
- געך (gekh) (dialectal)
Etymology
From Middle High German gæhe, from Old High German gāhi, from Proto-Germanic *ganhuz. Compare German jäh (“abrupt”), Jähe (“abruptness”). Also cognate with Dutch gauw (“soon”) and probably English gay, jay.
Declension
Declension of גיך
| predicative | גיך gikh | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| case | masculine | neuter | feminine | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | post./nom. | ||||
| nominative | גיכער gikher |
גיך gikh |
גיכע gikhe |
גיכס gikhs |
גיכע gikhe |
גיכע gikhe |
| accusative | גיכן gikhn | |||||
| dative | גיכן gikhn |
גיכער gikher | ||||
Further reading
- Map of dialectal variants for "quickly" from Litvish: An Atlas of Northeastern Yiddish by Dovid Katz
Derived terms
- אין גיכן (in gikhn)
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