rejwach

Polish

Etymology

From dialectal Yiddish ⁧רווח⁩ (reyvakh, reyvekh, “racket, din, tumult, hubbub”), from standard Yiddish ⁧רווח⁩ (revekh, “benefit, income, profit”), from Hebrew ⁧רֶוַח⁩ (rɛwaḥ, “derogation, mitigation”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈrɛj.vax/
  • Rhymes: -ɛjvax
  • Syllabification: rej‧wach

Noun

rejwach m inan

  1. (colloquial) brouhaha, donnybrook
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hałas

Declension
Declension of rejwach
singular
nominative rejwach
genitive rejwachu
dative rejwachowi
accusative rejwach
instrumental rejwachem
locative rejwachu
vocative rejwachu

Further reading
  • rejwach in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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