קאַמף

Yiddish

Etymology

From Old High German kampf, ultimately from Latin campus (“field, plain”), where battles would be pitched. Cognate to German Kampf.

Noun

קאַמף • (kamf) m, plural קאַמפֿן‎ (kamfn)

  1. fight, struggle, battle
    • The Yiddish Forward, 10 July 2014
      ‏בײַם אָנהייב פֿון די נײַסטע קאַמפֿן צווישן ישׂראל און „כאַמאַס‟, האָבן די מיליטאַנטן אין עזה געהאַט גרויס חשק דורכצופֿירן די אַטאַקן קעגן דער ייִדישער מדינה‎
      baym onheyb fun di nayste kamfn tsvishn yisroel un „khamas‟, hobn di militantn in aze gehat groys kheyshek durkhtsufirn di atakn kegn der yidisher medine
      At the onset of the most recent hostilities between Israel and Hamas, militants in Gaza had a great desire to carry out attacks against the Jewish state.
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