bislekhvays

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Definitions

  • adv. Gradually; bit by bit.

Example Sentences

  • "Why leave a lone Yiddish word like bislekhvayz ('gradually') untranslated in the otherwise-translated-into-English speech of a character who is speaking Yiddish?" (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • ביסלעכװײַז bislekhvayz

      • Who Uses This

      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

      Alternative Spellings

      bislekhvayz, bislechvayz, bislechvays, bislekhvais, bislekhvaiz, bislechvaiz, bislechvais

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