baal dikduk

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Definitions

  • n. “A philologist or specialist in language: GRAMMARIAN.” (Weiser)

Example Sentences

  • “He is enough of a baal dikduk to help you learn up the Ibn Ezra.” (Weiser)

  • "Someone told me that he heard from a bochur a baal dikduk that whenever there is a yud after a chyrik – that chyrik is pronounced like the first chyrik in the word “CHYrik”, not like the second one “chyRIK” which is pronounced like a shva." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • בעל־דיקדוק bal dikdek

      • Who Uses This

      • Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).

      Alternative Spellings

      ba'al dikduk, ba-al dikduk, bal dikduk, baal dik duk, ba'al dik duk, ba-al dik duk, bal dik duk

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