כּלומרשט
Yiddish
Alternative forms
- מכּלומרשט (mikloymersht)
- קלאָמפּערשט (klompersht)
- מיקלאָמפּערשט (miklompersht)
Etymology
From ־שט (-sht) suffixed onto Hebrew כְּלוֹמַר (k'lomár, “that is to say”), from כְּ־ (k'-, “as”) + לוֹמַר (lomár), infinitive of אָמַר ('amár, “to say”).
Adverb
כּלומרשט • (kloymersht)
- as if, as though, as it were
- 1894, שלום־עליכם (sholem-aleyhkem, “Sholem Aleichem”), “דאָס גרויסע געווינס (dos groyse gevins)”, in טבֿיה דער מילכיקער (tevye der milkhiker, “Tevye the Dairyman”):
Derived terms
- אויף צו כּלומרשט (oyf tsu kloymersht, “apparently, supposedly”)
- כּלומרשטיק (kloymershtik, “apparent, supposed”)
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