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English abbreviations - ענגלישע קירצונגען
acad.
academic
accus.
accusative
adj.
adjective
adv.
adverb
aff.
term of affection
agr.
agriculture
alg.
algebra
Am.
Americanism
anat.
anatomy
app.
appellative (when addressing)
archit.
architecture
arch.
archaic
art.
article
astr.
astronomy
aux. v.
auxiliary verb
av.
aviation
bib.
biblical
bio.
biology
bot.
botany
bus.
business
chem.
chemistry
Chr.
Christian
coll.
collective noun
comp.
computer
conj.
conjunction
cul.
culinary
dat.
dative
econ.
economics
elec.
electricity/electronics
emph.
emphatic
esp.
especially
euph.
euphemistic
f.
feminine
fig.
figurative
form.
formal
fin.
financial
geog.
geography
geol.
geology
geom.
geometry
gram.
grammar
hist.
historical
hum.
humorous
imp.
imperfective verb
inf.
informal
inter. pron.
interrogative pronoun
int.
interjection
iro.
ironic
J.
Jewish
jur.
jurisprudence
lib.
library sciences
ling.
linguistic
lit.
literary
m.
masculine
m./unsp.
can refer either to a male or to someone of unspecified sex
math.
mathematics
mech.
mechanics
med.
medicine
meteor.
meteorological
mil.
military
mus.
music
myth.
mythological
n.
noun
naut.
nautical
nav.
navigation
neut.
neutral
nom.
nominative
num.
numeral
nurs.
nursery talk (in speaking with children)
obst.
obstetrics
off.
offensive
part.
particle
pej.
pejorative
pf.
perfective verb
pharm.
pharmaceutical
phil.
philosophy
phon.
phonetics
phot.
photography
phys.
physics
physio.
physiology
pl.
plural
poet.
poetic
pol.
political
pop.
popular
prep.
preposition
pron.
pronoun
psych.
psychology/psychiatry
rel.
religious
rel. pron.
relative pronoun
rel./lnd.
religious/learned
rit.
ritual
sb.
somebody
sing.
singular
slg.
slang
Sov.
Soviet
spo.
sports
stat.
statistics
stg.
something
tech.
technology
thea.
theater
trad.
traditional
typ.
typography
unsp.
unspecified gender
v.
verb
vi.
intransitive verb
vlg.
vulgar
vt.
transitive verb
zool.
zoology
Yiddish abbreviations - ייִדישע קירצונגען
impersonal
אומפּ׳
אומפּערזענלעך
attributive adjective
אַטר׳
אַטריבוטיװ
uninflected
אינװ׳
אינװאַריאַנט
infinitive
אינפֿ׳
אינפֿיניטיװ
Americanism
אַמ׳
אַמעריקאַניזם
accusative
אַק׳
אַקוזאַיטיװ
inflected
געב׳
געבױגן
dative
דאַט׳
דאַטיװ
singular
ל״י
לשון־יחיד
plural
ל״ר
לשון־רבים
nominative
נאָמ׳
נאָמינאַטיװ
possessive
פּאָס׳
פּאָסעסיװ
postposition
פּאָסטפּ׳
פּאָסטפּאָזיציע
past participle
פּאַרט׳
(עבֿר־)פּאַרטיציפּ
predicate adjective
פּר׳
פּרעדיקאַטיװער אַדיעקטיװ
reverse construction
פֿ״ק
פֿאַרקערטע קאָנסטרוקציע
collective noun
קאָל׳
קאָלעקטיװער סובסטאַנטיװ
comparative adjective
קאָמפּ׳
קאָמפּאַראַטיװ
Symbols - סימבאָלן
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optional word(s)
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transcription
zero plural ending
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variant forms
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alternative word/expression
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end of verb root
֜
stress
of doubtful acceptability in Standard Yiddish
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