אוקראַיִנישער

Yiddish

Adjective

⁧אוקראַיִנישער⁩ • (ukrainisher)

  1. inflection of ⁧אוקראַיִניש⁩ (ukrainish):
    1. nominative masculine singular
    2. dative feminine singular

Etymology 2

Clipping of ⁧אוקראַיִנישער ייִד⁩ (ukrainisher yid), with the feminine ⁧אוקראַיִנישע⁩ (ukrainishe) formed by back-formation.

Noun

⁧אוקראַיִנישער⁩ • (ukrainisher) m, plural ⁧אוקראַיִנישע⁩ (ukrainishe), feminine ⁧אוקראַיִנישע⁩ (ukrainishe)

  1. Ukrainian Jew
Usage notes
  • Yiddish rigorously distinguishes between Jews and non-Jews in national terminology. A Ukrainian non-Jew is not an ukrainisher, but rather an ⁧אוקראַיִנער⁩ (ukrainer).
  • This noun declines in much the same way as the adjective ⁧אוקראַיִניש⁩ (ukrainish), but without the separate predicate form. For example, the dative and accusative singular are ⁧אוקראַיִנישן⁩ (ukrainishn).
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