האַרצן

Yiddish

Noun

האַרצן • (hartsn)

  1. inflection of האַרץ (harts):
    1. dative singular
    2. plural

Usage notes

Use of the inflected dative form is optional and may be entirely obsolete in some dialects. It is often used when the metaphorical sense of 'heart' is intended, e.g. זיך נעמען זומ האַרצן (zikh nemen zum hartsn, “to take (something) to heart”).[1][2]

References
  1. Dovid Katz (1987) Grammar of the Yiddish Language‎, London: Duckworth, →ISBN, pages 97-100
  2. Zoë Belk, Lily Kahn & Kriszta Eszter Szendrői. “Complete loss of case and gender within two generations: evidence from Stamford Hill Hasidic Yiddish.” The Journal of Comparative Germanic Linguistics 23, 271–326 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10828-020-09119-9
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