gufa

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Definitions

  • n. Functions as an appositive for a noun.

  • adv. Particularly, exactly.

  • adv. In person.

Example Sentences

  • As an emphatic appositive: “I gufa (myself) learned there, so I know all about that yeshiva.” (Weiser)

  • “The notice was meant gufa for the youngest bochrim.” (Weiser)

  • "I’m not dealing with the question gufa" (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Aramaic
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • Y גופֿא gufe

      • Who Uses This

      • Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
      • Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).

      Alternative Spellings

      gufe, guffa, guffe

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