Definitions

  • adj. Marvelous.

  • adj. Incomprehensible.

Example Sentences

  • “He has a peledik way of being mazbir shveire gemaros so that anyone can understand them.” (Weiser)

  • “It's peledik to think that people could be dumb enough to believe what missionaries tell them.” (Weiser)

  • "The hakdoma, on the metzius of yeshivish, is tief, and the other shticklach at the haschala (including a translation of Hamlet's soliloquy) are peledik." (source)

Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • Y פּלאדיק peledik

    • 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

      peledike

Notes

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