Judeo-Gaelic/Wordlist

ףאַכּל׳אר׳ יִידיש-אַזאליש Facłăŗ Yidiș-Azăliș
Judeo-Gaelic–English Lexicon

• מען, מנאָ men, mno (f) 'woman'
• the expected sg. is *ben, but it was analogized from the plural; also motivated by avoiding homophony with Hebrew בן ben 'son of'.
• to m' ă tețnăv 'I shine'
• גר'יאן gŗien (f) 'sun'
• צענגא, צענגאן țengă, țengăn (f) '(literal) tongue'
• לשון, לשונות loșăn, lășúnăs (f) 'language' (usual word)
  • לשונות כּעלתּי lășunăs Celti 'Celtic languages'
  • לשונות הודו-אייראָפּי lășunăs Hoadü-Eyropi 'IE languages'
• דאָלשונאך doloșnăch 'bilingual'
• איללשונאך îlloșnăch 'polyglot; multilingual'
• אסטריףט עלעכּתּראָמאַגנעתּאך asdrifd electromagnétăch (f) 'electromagnetic radiation'
• סאָל'אס sołăs (f) 'light'
• hoadăș, hodóșim (m) = month (replaced native *mi)
• סקאל sgăl (f) 'school, esp. Jewish school, shul'
• ŗifd (f) 'country'
• malchüs (f) 'kingdom'
• teyșăch, teyși (m) 'tribal chief'
• teyșăchüs (f) 'chiefdom'
• prezidănt (m) 'president'
• ŗi, ŗin (m) 'king'
• melăch, melchăn/mlochim (m) 'king'
• malcă, malcăs (f) 'queen'
• sardon, sardonăn (m) 'crab'
• near, nearăs (m) 'candle'
• c̦ün 'quiet'
• loșăn hăgoadăș = Hebrew
• golģ (f) 'native language (of a given people), esp. Judeo-Gaelic'
• rav, rabănim (m) (some dialects răbónim as in our Yiddish) = rabbi
• am (m) = term, period
  • amșăŗ (m) = weather
  • ענףאר׳ enfăŗ (f) = season (a doublet)
• זמן zman (m) = time
• בּר'אָ bŗo (adj) = 'great, wonderful'
• ףאַכּאל' facăł (f) 'word'
  • ףאַכּל'אר' facłăŗ (m) 'dictionary, lexicon; vocabulary'
• כּלה cală (f) 'bride'
• כּלה'גּ calăg (f) 'girl'
• אף-אך af-ach 'however' comes from a mashup of two Hebrew conjunctions, אף על פי כן 'yet, still' and אך 'but' (cf. irregardless in English)
• תּאָם אג ער'י tom ăg eŗi = I become
• תּאָם א מורב tom ă moarăv = I magnify
• נויףא noyfă = holy
• tom ă noyvu = I hallow
• דאבאן dăvăn (m) = world
• תּאָם א כּריחוֹtom ă crîthu = I create
• זיר' ziŗ = according to
• תּעל tel (m) = will
• אָץ oț (f) = place
• דוכאס doachăs: chal doachăs! = no way!, chal doachăs gu... = there's no way that...
• תּאָם ביאָ tom byo = I live (am alive)
• תּאָם א ףר'עגאר' to m' ă fŗegăŗ = I answer
• תּאָם א זעאן to m' ă zean = I do
• תּאָם אג איח to m' ăg îth = I eat
• תּאָם אג אול' to m' ăg oał = I drink
• תּאָם א ראָ to m' ă ro = I say
• תּאָם א לעאב to m' ă leav = I read
• תּאָם א סקר'יב to m' ă sgŗiv = I write
• תּאָם א ל'אסאג to m' ă łasăgh = I light
• תּאָם א קינה tom ă gină (Hebrew) = I cry, I lament
• תּאָם אי מא-כאַדאל tom î mă-chadăl = I sleep
• תּאָם אי מא-תּי tom î mă-thi = I sit
• תּאָם אי מא-שעסאב tom î mă-șesăv = I stand
• תּאָם אי מא-לי tom î mă-li = I lie (somewhere)
• תּאָם אי מא-ףיר'אך tom î mă-fhiŗăch = I live (I dwell)
• געלג'א gelģă (de...) (f) = meaning (of...)
• תּאָם א תּוֹדה tom ă tudă (de...) (Hebrew) = I thank
• תּאָם א הוֹדאה tom ă hodoă (Hebrew) = I say the Hoda'ah
• זיא Zie, no definite article (m) = God
  • Religious Jews write ז־א Z-e or use other terms such as השם Ha-Șeam, המקום Ha-Mocăm, or הקדוש בּרוך הוא Ha-Codăș Borăch Hü instead.
• אַך ach = but (however)
• כּי־אם cim (Hebrew) = but (rather)
• כאַל ... כּי־אם chal... cim = only (used like Irish ní... ach)
• רוֹג'אן ruģăn = something
• אפילוּ afílü = even (also)
  • אפילוּ מאָ afílü mo = even if
• תּאָ תּקווה אַגּאָם to ticvă agom = I hope