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פֿאַרלירן
‘to lose’

פֿאַרלירן
פֿאַרלוירן / פֿאַרלאָרן
'to lose'

ETYMOLOGY

For discussion of the vowel alternation [farlojrn/farlorn], see פֿרירן.

WESTERN

Wu niks is hot der Kaiser s Recht verlore.

Holland (Netherlands)

verloren [HOLLAND, Beem, Jerosche]
- Jeisele hot niks dran gewonnen, Mousche Rabbeine hot niks dran verloren. 'Said of a Jew with a bad reputation who converts to Christianity.' {Jerosche №379}

Czechia

frlōrn {westernmost CZECHIA, Šafov, and Bratislava, Beranek 1936: 71}

CENTRAL

frlūrn פֿאַרלוירן {SLOVAKIA and CARPATHO-RUTHENIA, Beranek 1936: 70}

Unterland (East Transcarpathian)

fərlurn פֿאַרלוירן {ETCP, U. Weinreich 1964: 261}


AUDIO Isaac Bashevis Singer [Leoncin, Radzymin, Warsaw, POLAND], 1978
אַ פֿאַרלוירענער 'crazy person'