סקעלעט

Yiddish

Etymology

Ultimately borrowed from Ancient Greek σκελετός (skeletós). Compare German Skelett, Russian скеле́т (skelét).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /skəˈɫɛt/

Noun

סקעלעט • (skelet) m, plural סקעלעטן (skeletn)

  1. skeleton
    Synonym: געביין (gebeyn, “skeleton, cf. German Gebein”)

Derived terms
  • סקעלעטיש (skeletish, “skeletal”)

References
  • Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl; Glasser, Paul (2016), “סקעלעט”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press
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