פּאַשען

Yiddish

Alternative forms

  • פּאַסען (pasen)

Etymology

Polish paść + ־ען (-en). Sense 3 possibly derived from Polish puchać, Russian пы́хать (pýxatʹ) or some dialectal variant.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpaʃən/

Verb

פּאַשען • (pashen) (past participle געפּאַשט (gepasht))

  1. to pasture, to tend
  2. (reflexive) to graze, to browse
  3. to pant, to puff
    דער אויוון פּאַשעטder oyvn pashetthe oven is giving off intense heat (literally, “the oven is panting”)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • אויספּאַשען (oyspashen, to feed up, to fatten)
  • פֿרײַ פּאַשענדיק (fray pashendik, free-range, literally free grazing)
  • פּאַשע (pashe, pasture, animal feed)
  • פּאַשע־פֿעלד (pashe-feld), פּאַשע־לאָנקע (pashe-lonke, pasture (field))

References

  • Astravux, Aljaksandar (2008) “pašen”, in Idyš-bjelaruski slóŭnik [Yiddish–Belarusian Dictionary], Minsk: Mjedisónt, →ISBN, page 662
  • Justus van de Kamp et al., “פּאַשען” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). .
  • Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “פּאַשען”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
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