מוח
דער
'mind'

ETYMOLOGY

TH moːaħ > PEY ✱mowax

WESTERN

Old Literary Yiddish (ca. 1100-1800)

האט אים שיעור דאז מוח גישפאלטין
'almost split his head open'

Mauech 'das Gehirn, der Verstand' {Friedrich 1784: 26}

Holland (Netherlands)

Gemouch (eig. Mouch) {HOLLAND, Beem, Jerosche, №251}

פֿאַרשטאָפּטער מוח
fərštɔpt gəmɔux {HOLLAND, Harderwijk 52055, Beem}
e verschtopter mouch, E verschtopt gemouch {HOLLAND, Beem, Jerosche, №50, №251}
Mouchverdreier: someone who always contradicts.

Oyberland (West Transcarpathian)

mɔjəx {WTCP, Dunajská Streda, 47179}

mɔjəx {אויף יבֿרית} {WTCP, Vác, 47197}

mɔjəx {WTCP, Berettyó-Újfalu, 47212}

CENTRAL

Unterland (East Transcarpathian)

mɔjə/ax {ETCP, Sîg Felső Szek, 47223}

mojəx {ETCP, near Sighet, 47228}

mojəx {ETCP, Mukachevo, 48226}

mójəx {ETCP, Nyzhnya Apsha, 48233}

mojəx {POLAND, Wolbrom, 50196}

a mojəx {POLAND, Warsaw, 52211}

AUDIO Isaac Bashevis Singer {Leoncin, Radzymin, Warsaw, POLAND}, 1978
עס פֿעלט אים אַ קלעפּקע אין מוח 'he is missing a stave in his brain, i.e. he has a screw loose'

HASIDIC

AMERICA

ˈmojəx ˈšalɩt al haˈlɛv מוח שליט על הלב 'the mind rules over the heart'

NORTHEASTERN

mevax {Jacobs 94}

ˈmejᵃx {BELARUS, Gomel, 52314}

Lithuania

mejax {LITHUANIA, Kaunas, 54239}

möjax {ö?} {LITHUANIA, Vilnius, 54257}

SOUTHEASTERN

mojəx {ROMANIA, Brăila, 45273}