אַגבֿ

Yiddish

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew אגב (agáv), itself a borrowing from Jewish Babylonian Aramaic אגב (ʾaggaḇ, literally “on the back [of]”), from earlier Aramaic עַל גַּב (ʿal gaḇ).

Pronunciation

  • (YIVO) IPA(key): /ˈaɡəv/

Adverb

אַגבֿ • (agev)

  1. incidentally, by the way
    Synonym: אַגבֿ־אורחא (agev-urkhe)

Derived terms

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