קלאָץ
Yiddish
Etymology
From Middle High German kloz (“stump; ball”), from Old High German kloz (“stump; ball”), from Proto-West Germanic *klott. Compare German Klotz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɫɔt͡s/
Noun
קלאָץ • (klots) m, plural קלעצער (kletser), diminutive קלעצל (kletsl) or קלעצעלע (kletsele)
Derived terms
- קלאָץ־רעטעניש (klots-retenish, “a perplexing puzzle”)
- ליציטיר־קלאָץ (litsitir-klots, “auction block”)
Descendants
- → English: klutz
References
- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl; Glasser, Paul (2016), “קלאָץ”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press
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