שפּור

Yiddish

Etymology

From Middle High German spur, spor (usually n, also rarely m and f), from Old High German spor, *spur, from Proto-Germanic *spurą n. Compare German Spur f.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃpʊr/, /ʃpur/

Noun

שפּור • (shpur) m or f, plural שפּורן (shpurn)

1. trace, track, trail (clue)

   Synonyms: סליד (slid), שמץ (shemets), זכר (zeykher), סימן (simen), קענט (kent)

2. (by extension) soupçon, modicum (very small amount)

   Synonym: שמץ (shemets)

3. footprint
4. scent (of animal)
5. vestige

   Synonyms: איבערבלײַבס (iberblaybs), שׂריד (sored), סימן (simen), רעשטל (reshtl)

6. footprint

   Synonyms: פֿוסדרוק (fusdruk), טריט־סימן (trit-simen), פֿוסשפּור (fusshpur)

Derived terms

• קוילנשטאָף־שפּור (koylnshtof-shpur, “carbon footprint”)
• שפּור־עלעמענט (shpur-element, “trace element”)
• שפּורפֿאָרשער (shpurforsher, “tracker, detective”)
• שפּורלאָז (shpurloz, “without a trace”)

References

• Justus van de Kamp et al., “שפּור” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). [1].
• Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “footprint”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN