šoufl

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish שפֿל (shofl, “shabby”), which is from Hebrew שָׁפָל (šāfāl).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃou̯fl̩]

Adverb

šoufl

  1. (informal) sick, nauseous
    Synonym: špatně
    Je mi šoufl. — I feel sick.

References

  1. ^ Václav Machek (1968) “šoufl”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 619
  2. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “šoufl”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 697

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