שׂימחה
שׂמחה
די
'joy; party; name'

ETYMOLOGY

Vowel 31, Proto-Yiddish ✱i
Tiberian Hebrew śimḥɔ̄́
{Katz 1982: 226}
Max Weinreich posits that the שׂ was in early Old Yiddish pronounced as a dorsal /s/, which was sometimes reflected as the letter צ, e.g. diminutive forms of the name שׂימחה from the thirteenth century like צימה and צימלין.

WESTERN

Simche 'Freude' {PhilogLottus 1733}
- b'simche g'doule 'Mit grossen Freuden'

símxə {NORTHWESTERN, Katz 1982: 116, 226}
- simxō {Whole Hebrew}

Holland (Netherlands)

ssimche [HOLLAND, Beem, Jerosche]
- Wo lischt is, is ssimche. 'Where there is light, is joy/party.' {Jerosche №563}

Switzerland

dau sin ɛːrʃt di simxəs aːgaŋə דאָ זען ערשט די שׂימחות אָנגעגאַנגען {Endingen, Isaak Guggenheim-Bloch, Fleischer 2005:74.}

Oyberland (West Transcarpathian)

simxə {WTCP, Budapest, Hutterer 1965: 124}

ixɔ́b ə sɩ́mxə איך האָב אַ שׂימחה {WTCP, Vác, 47197}
- sɩmxə-býnəm שׂימחה־בונעם (name)

CENTRAL

símxə {Katz 1982: 116, 226}
- simxu {Whole Hebrew}

HASIDIC

AMERICA

ˈsɩmxə

ISRAEL

di simxɛs די שׂימחות [Bnei Brak, Eli Benedict (Karlin)]

NORTHEASTERN

símxə {Katz 1982: 116, 226}
- simxɔ {Whole Hebrew}