־עכץ

Yiddish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əχt͡s/

Suffix

־עכץ • (-ekhts)

  1. Forms a gerund

Usage notes

This suffix can form gerunds with particularly negative or inferior connotations.[1] For example

However, words with this suffix are not exclusively pejorative. For example

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Weinreich, Max (2008) History of the Yiddish Language, volume I, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 27