שמעקן

Yiddish

Etymology

From Middle High German smecken (“to taste”), from Proto-West Germanic *smakkijan, from Proto-West Germanic *smakku (“a taste”), from Proto-Indo-European *smegʰ-, *smeg- (“to taste”). Cognate to German schmecken (“taste”).

Pronunciation

  • (YIVO) IPA(key): /ˈʃmɛkn̩/

Verb

⁧שמעקן⁩ • (shmekn) (past participle ⁧געשמעקט⁩ (geshmekt))

  1. smell (sense with nose)

Conjugation

Noun

⁧שמעקן⁩ • (shmekn)

  1. plural of ⁧שמעק⁩ (shmek)
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