סאָד
סעדער
דער
'orchard'
סעדל
(diminutive)

ETYMOLOGY

Beider suggests that the word was borrowed from Old Polish, before the 16th c., when the vowel was still long /aː/. The vowel merged with A₂ and had the corresponding different realizations in Yiddish dialects.
Polish sad; cf. Russian сад.

CENTRAL

Unterland (East Transcarpathian)

sɛdər סעדער {ETCP, Sîg Felső Szek, 47223}

suːt {ETCP, Nyzhnya Apsha, 48233}
- sejdr̩ סעדער

súɪt {POLAND, Wolbrom, 50196}
- séjdɛ סעדער

NORTHEASTERN

Lithuania

sod {LITHUANIA, Vilnius, 54257}