עפֿעקטיוו

Yiddish

Etymology

From Latin effectīvus (“productive; effective”), from efficiō (“I make; I bring about”). Compare German effektiv.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛfɛkˈtɪv/, /ɛfɛkˈtɪf/

Adjective

עפֿעקטיוו • (efektiv)

  1. effective
    Synonyms: ווירקעוודיק‎ (virkevdik), אויפֿטויִק‎ (oyftuik), פּעולהדיק‎ (puledik)
  2. efficacious
  3. efficient
    Synonyms: אויפֿטויִק‎ (oyftuik), פֿעיִק‎ (feik), שפּאָרעוודיק‎ (shporevdik)

Declension
Declension of עפֿעקטיוו
predicative עפֿעקטיוו
efektiv
case masculine neuter feminine plural
indefinite definite post./nom.
nominative עפֿעקטיווער‎
efektiver		 עפֿעקטיוו
efektiv		 עפֿעקטיווע‎
efektive		 עפֿעקטיווס‎
efektivs		 עפֿעקטיווע‎
efektive		 עפֿעקטיווע‎
efektive
accusative עפֿעקטיוון‎
efektivn
dative עפֿעקטיוון‎
efektivn		 עפֿעקטיווער‎
efektiver

Derived terms

Noun

עפֿעקטיוו • (efektiv) m, plural עפֿעקטיוון‎ (efektivn)

  1. personnel
    Synonym: פּערסאָנאַל‎ (personal)
  2. workforce
    Synonyms: אַרבעטסלײַט‎ (arbetslayt), אַרבעטערס‎ (arbeters), אַרבעטער־⁠ריי‎ (arbeter-⁠rey)

Adverb

עפֿעקטיוו • (efektiv)

  1. effectively
    Synonym: עפֿעקטיווערהייט‎ (efektiverheyt)

References
  • Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl; Glasser, Paul (2016), “effective”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
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