שנאָבל

Yiddish

Etymology

From Middle High German snabel, from Old High German snabul, from Proto-West Germanic *snabul, from Proto-Germanic *snabulaz. Cognate with German Schnabel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃnɔbɫ̩/
  • Hyphenation: שנאָבל

Noun

שנאָבל • (shnoblm, plural שנאָבלס (shnobls)

  1. beak, bill

Derived terms

References

  • Paul Abelson (1915), “beak”, in English-Yiddish Encyclopedic Dictionary, New York: The Jewish Press, page 110