שיסל

Yiddish

Etymology

From Middle High German schüzzel, from Old High German scuzzila, from Proto-West Germanic *skutilu (“small bowl, dish”). Compare German Schüssel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɪsɫ̩/

Noun

שיסל • (shisl) f, plural שיסלען (shislen), diminutive שיסעלע (shisele)

  1. bowl, basin, dish
    אַ ביסל און אַ ביסל ווערט אַ פֿולע שיסל.
    a bisl un a bisl vert a fule shisl.
    Every little helps / Many a mickle makes a muckle.
    (literally, “A little and a little becomes a full bowl.”)
    אין שיסל קאָן נישט זײַן מער, ווי אין טאָפּ.
    in shisl kon nisht zayn mer, vi in top.
    there cannot be more in the bowl than in the pot.

Derived terms

  • אַ פֿולע שיסל (a fule shisl, “in abundance, ample”)
  • אונטערשיסעלע (untershisele, “scheming, fraud, deceit”)
  • באַקשיסל (bakshisl, “baking dish, casserole”)
  • וואַששיסל (vashshisl, “basin, sink”)
  • טואַלעט־שיסל (tualet-shisl, “toilet bowl”)
  • עסן פֿון איין שיסל מיט (esn fun eyn shisl mit, “to be good friends with”)
  • צוויישיסלדיק (tsveyshisldik, “bivalve”)
  • שיסעלעך־דעקעלעך (shiselekh-dekelekh, “secrets, secrecy”)

References

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