koydem

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Definitions

  • adv. First.

Example Sentences

  • "Halevay [If only] there were a Judeo-English with a lexicon that had a two or three percent Hebrew component as in Ladino. I fear that koydem vet moshiakh kumen [the messiah will come before that happens]." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • Y קודם koydm

      • Who Uses This

      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

      Alternative Spellings

      kodem, koidem, koydm, koidm

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