וואַלדקאַץ

Yiddish

Etymology

וואַלד (vald) +‎ קאַץ (kats), literally, “forest cat”. Compare German Waldkatze.

Noun

וואַלדקאַץ • (valdkats) f, plural וואַלדקעץ (valdkets)

  1. wildcat

References
  • Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “וואַלדקאַץ”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.