פּששש

Yiddish

Interjection

פּששש • (pshshsh)

  1. Expresses inspiration, amazement, or respect.
    • 1955, אליהו טענענהאָלץ׳ס יובֿל־בוך: לכּבֿוד פֿופֿציק יאָר פֿון זײַן צוטראָג צום ייִדישן טעאַטער [alihu tenenholts's yuvl-bukh: lkvud fuftsik yor fun zayn tsutrog tsum yidishn teater, Eliyahu Tenenholtz’s Jubilee Book: In Honor of Fifty Years of His Contribution to Yiddish Theater], page 179:
      — „דעם רבינס ניגון“ האָט איר געזען?
      — פּששש, דאָס איז שוין גאָר אַ גוטע פּלעי!
      — „dem rebns nign“ hot ir gezen?
      — pshshsh, dos iz shoyn gor a gute pley!
      “Have you seen The Rabbi’s Melody?”
      “Pshh, that is very much indeed a good play.”

Descendants
  • English: pshh
  • Hebrew: פְּשְׁשְׁשׁ (pshshsh)
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