הויף

Yiddish

Etymology

From Middle High German hof, from Proto-Germanic *hufą. Cognate with German Hof.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hɔjf/

Noun

הויף • (hoyf) m, plural הויפֿן (hoyfn)

court, courtyard
- (Can we date this quote?), שלום־עליכם [Szolem-Alejchem], מאָטל פּייסי דעם חזנס [Motl Pejsi dem chazns]:
  מיר דערזעען פֿאַר זיך אַ גאַס, און נאָך אַ גאַס. אַ ווײַסן קלויסטער, גערטנער, הויפֿן, שטיבלעך.
  mir derzeen far zikh a gas, un nokh a gas. a vaysn kloyster, gertner, hoyfn, shtiblekh.
  We notice a street ahead, and another street. A white church, gardens, courtyards and cottages.

Related terms

היפּש (hipsh)

References

Alexander Harkavy (2006) Yiddish-English-Hebrew Dictionary, New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 188

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