מאַכן
Yiddish
Etymology
From Middle High German machen, from Old High German mahhōn, from Proto-West Germanic *makōn. For the sense "to wave", compare Polish machać, Ukrainian маха́ти (maxáty), both formed with the instrumental case (e.g. "machać rękami").
Verb
מאַכן • (makhn) (past participle געמאַכט (gemakht))
- to make, create
- to do
- to say
- 1894, שלום־עליכם (sholem-aleyhkem, “Sholem Aleichem”), “דאָס גרויסע געווינס (dos groyse gevins)”, in טבֿיה דער מילכיקער (tevye der milkhiker, “Tevye the Dairyman”):
- to be, feel
- וואָס מאַכט ער ― vos makht er ― How is he?
- (with מיט (mit)) to wave
- מאַכן מיט די הענט
- makhn mit di hent
- to wave with the hands
Conjugation
Conjugation of מאַכן
infinitive | מאַכן makhn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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present participle | מאַכנדיק makhndik | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
past participle | געמאַכט gemakht | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
auxiliary | האָבן hobn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
present | איך מאַך ikh makh |
מיר מאַכן mir makhn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
דו מאַכסט du makhst |
איר מאַכט ir makht | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ער מאַכט er makht |
זיי מאַכן zey makhn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
imperative | מאַך (דו) makh (du) |
מאַכט (איר) makht (ir) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Composed forms
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Derived terms
References
- Uriel Weinreich (1955) Yiddish Blends with a Slavic Element, WORD, 11:4,607
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