narishkeit

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Pronunciations

narishkeit (NAHR-ihsh-kayt) listen

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Definitions

  • n. A triviality

  • n. Foolishness.

Example Sentences

  • "Why would we even discuss such narishkeit?"

  • “The movie? A piece of narishkayt.” (NJY)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • נאַרישקײט nárishkayt

      • Who Uses This

      • Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America
      • Great Britain
      • South Africa

      Dictionaries

      • The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
      • The New Joys of Yiddish, by Leo Rosten and Lawrence Bush (New York, 2003[1968]).

      Alternative Spellings

      narishkayt, narishkeyt, narrishkeit, narrishkayt, narrishkeyt

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