Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary

Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl

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Author
Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl
Publish Date
09/28/2021
Book Type
Hardcover
Publisher Name
INDIANA
Subtitle
Based on the Lexical Research of Mordkhe Schaechter
Number of Pages
864
Edition
First Paperback Edition
ISBN-10
0253058848
ISBN-13
9780253058843
SKU
9780253058843

Description

This second edition of the award-winning Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary offers even more entries for anyone working with Yiddish on a personal or professional level.

Based on the work of the late Dr. Mordkhe Schaechter, a noted linguist and Executive Director of the League for Yiddish, the dictionary emphasizes Yiddish as a living language that is spoken in many places around the world.

Featuring 85,000 entries, this second edition has been thoroughly revised and expanded with approximately 1000 new words and phrases and is sure to become a critical resource for Yiddish scholars and speakers for years to come.