איידל

From Middle High German edel, adel, from Old High German adal, from Proto-West Germanic *aþal, Proto-Germanic *aþalaz. Compare German edel. Related to אַדל (adl, “nobility”, noun).

• IPA^(key): /ɛɪ̯dɫ̩/, /eɪ̯dɫ̩/

איידל • (eydl) (comparative איידעלער (eydeler), superlative איידלסט (eydlst))

1. noble

   Synonyms: אַדלדיק (adldik), אויסגעאיידלט (oysgeeydlt), גרויסהאַרציק (groyshartsik), הויכהאַרציק (hoykhhartsik), נאָבל (nobl), אַצילותדיק (atsilesdik)

   Antonym: ניט־איידל (nit-eydl, “coarse; inelegant”)

   איידלהאַרציק ― eydlhartsik ― generous (literally, “noble-hearted”)

2. elegant, chic
3. refined, genteel
4. courteous, polite, civilized
5. delicate, brittle, fragile
6. (of metals) precious

איידל • (eydl)

1. nobly
2. elegantly

   איידל געפּאַטשקעט ― eydl gepatshket ― (humorous) picky, finicky (literally, “elegantly smeared”)

3. refinedly
4. courteously, politely

   איידל גערעדט ― eydl geredt ― to put it mildly (literally, “spoken politely”)

• Astravux, Aljaksandar (2008) “éjdeler”, in Idyš-bjelaruski slóŭnik [Yiddish–Belarusian Dictionary], Minsk: Mjedisónt, →ISBN, page 257
• Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “איידל”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
• Justus van de Kamp et al., “אײדל” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). [1].