ווייטיק

Yiddish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German wētac (“ailment”, literally “woe day”). Compare obsolete German Wehtag (“sorrow”), Low German Weihdag (“pain”), Cimbrian béetag (“illness, sickness, disease”). By surface analysis, וויי (vey) +‎ ־טיק (-tik).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɛɪ̯tɪk/

Noun

ווייטיק • (veytik) m, plural ווייטיקן (veytikn)

  1. pain, suffering

Derived terms

  • קאָפּווייטיק (kopveytik, “headache”)
  • האַרצווייטיק (hartsveytik, “heartache”)
  • צעווייטיקן (tseveytikn), צעווייטיקט (tseveytikt)
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