פּאָדקאָווע

Yiddish

Alternative forms

• פּידקאָווע (pidkove), פּאָטקאָווע (potkove), פּאָדקעווע (podkeve), פּאָטקעווע (potkeve)

Etymology

From Slavic sources, chiefly

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Пољски

podkowa and

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Украјински

підко́ва (pidkóva).

Noun

פּאָדקאָווע (podkove) f, plural פּאָדקאָוועס (podkoves)

1. horseshoe (metallic shoe of a horse)
2. (colloquial) point (diacritical mark used in Hebrew script)

Synonyms

• (point): ניקוד (niked)