гешэфт

Belarusian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish געשעפֿט (gesheft, business, trade; shop).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɣʲeˈʂɛft]

Noun

гешэ́фт • (hješéft) m inan (genitive гешэ́фту, nominative plural гешэ́фты, genitive plural гешэ́фтаў)

  1. (colloquial, obsolete) gesheft; a private business deal, especially a speculative one
    Усё гешэ́фты не́йкія водзіць з ім.Usjó hješéfty njéjkija vódzicʹ z im.They (sg.) conduct all sorts of geshefts with him. (literally, “All geshefts of some/any kind they conduct with him.”)

Declension

References

  • гешэфт” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
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