גענוי

From Middle High German genoue, genouwe, geneuwe (“narrow, close, exact”), from ge- + nou(we) (“narrow, close, exact”), from Old High German *hnouw (“narrow, close”), from Proto-Germanic *hnawwaz. Cognate with German genau, Middle Low German nouwe, nau (“narrow, brief, exact”), Dutch nauw (“narrow, close”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡəˈnɔɪ̯/

גענוי • (genoy)

1. just, exactly, precisely

   Synonyms: פּונקט (punkt), פּינקטלעך (pinktlekh), אַקוראַט (akurat), פּרעציז (pretsiz), עקזאַקט (ekzakt)

   איך ווייס עס גענוי

   ikh veys es genoy

   I know it exactly

גענוי • (genoy)

1. just, exact, precise

   Synonyms: פּינקטלעך (pinktlekh), אַקוראַט (akurat), פּרעציז (pretsiz), עקזאַקט (ekzakt)

• גענוייִק (genoyik)
• גענויקייט (genoykeyt, “precision, accuracy”)
• גענויערדיק (genoyerdik)

• Not found in several American Yiddish dictionaries, but well-attested in European ones.

• Astravux, Aljaksandar (2008), “genój”, in Idyš-bjelaruski slównik [Yiddish–Belarusian Dictionary], Minsk: Mjedisónt, →ISBN, page 341
• Justus van de Kamp et al., “גענױ” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). [1].