Correct plural usage of yiddish words

[nq:1]Could someone be good enough to comment on the correct usage in English of the plurals of yiddish words which ... of which, viz. eruvin and mezuzot appear unusual in English? Would the use of "eruvs" and "mezuzahs" be grammatically correct?[/nq]
English has no such uniform rule. E.g.
the plurals cherubs and cherubim are
equally good English.

Don Phillipson
Carlsbad S

[nq:1]English has no such uniform rule. E.g. the plurals cherubs and cherubim are equally good English.[/nq]
Not to mention , as at Exodus 25:18, 19, 20, 22, and several dozen more places in the Authorized Edition.

[nq:2]Could someone be good enough to comment on the correct ... Would the use of "eruvs" and "mezuzahs" be grammatically correct?[/nq]
I might just note that 'eruv' and 'm'zuza' are Hebrew, not Yiddish.

But the OP's question applies to all languages, not just Yiddish. ANd applies to forms other than the plural. For example, should one indicate case on a noun or person on a verb in th

[nq:1]Could someone be good enough to comment on the correct usage in English of the plurals of yiddish words which ... of which, viz. eruvin and mezuzot appear unusual in English? Would the use of "eruvs" and "mezuzahs" be grammatically correct?[/nq]
"Eruvs" and "mezuzahs" are correct in English, yes. Moreover, "mezuzahs" is the correct Yiddish plural as well; "mezuzot" is the Hebrew plural.

[nq:1]In everyday speech in Jewish schools and study halls in the States, where English is spoken but is peppered with ... is refering to a single male. But the phrase, or ones like it, is often used in other contexts also.(1))[/nq]
This is a Yiddishism. Yiddish vocabulary has a large Hebrew component, and the way Yiddish accommodates Hebrew verbs into its vocabulary is (usually(1)) to take th

[nq:1]Moreover, "mezuzahs" is the correct Yiddish plural as well;[/nq]
Mezuzahs from standard (YIVO) Yiddish singular mezuze ?

Reinhold (Rey) Aman

[nq:2]Moreover, "mezuzahs" is the correct Yiddish plural as well;[/nq]
[nq:1]Mezuzahs from standard (YIVO) Yiddish singular mezuze ?[/nq]
Yeh: standard YIVO Yiddish plural "mezuzes". The difference between that and Anglicized "mezuzahs" is small enough to be negligible for the present purpose.
-Aaron J. Dinkin
Dr. Whom

[nq:2]In everyday speech in Jewish schools and study halls in ... ones like it, is often used in other contexts also.(1))[/nq]
[nq:1]This is a Yiddishism. Yiddish vocabulary has a large Hebrew component, and the way Yiddish accommodates Hebrew verbs into its ... verb morphology: "ganvenen" 'steal', "hargenen" 'kill', "mekn" 'erase' are the ones that come to mind. -Aaron J. Dinkin Dr. Whom[/nq]

[nq:1]Here are a couple of idle questions that, it occurs to me, a member of this group might be able ... don't remember whether the reference was to ancient of modern Greek) does not have an infinitive. First, is this so?[/nq]
No: in etymologies involving ancient Greek verbs, dictionaries of English (well, at least MWCD and the OED) cite the infinitive; look up, for example, and .
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[nq:1]What form of the verb is used to represent the "typical" verb, as, for example, in an English-Greek dictionary?[/nq]
The first person singular of the present system.