נעבעך

Yiddish

FWOTD – 10 April 2017

Etymology

From Slavic (compare Old Polish niebog), from Proto-Slavic *nebogъ.

Pronunciation

(YIVO) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛbəχ/

Adverb

נעבעך • (nebekh)

sadly, unfortunately (indicates something to the detriment of the subject of the sentence)
‏ער האָט נעבעך נישט קיין שיך.‎‎
er hot nebekh nisht keyn shikh.
He doesn't have any shoes, poor thing.
- 1936, Mordechai Gebirtig, ס׳ברענט ("It is burning"):
  ‏ס׳ברענט, ברידערלעך, ס׳ברענט! / אוי אונדזער אָרעם שטעטל נעבעך ברענט!‎‎
  s'brent, briderlekh, s'brent! / oy undzer orem shtetl nebekh brent!
  It's burning, brothers, it's burning! Oh, what a pity, our poor shtetl is burning!

Related terms

נעביש‎ (nebish)

Descendants

German: nebbich; Nebbich m

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