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May 6, 2014 21:24
10 yrs ago
Yiddish term
United States
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Native in: English 
Works in: Turkish to English, Hebrew to English, Albanian to English, and 1 more.
קירקעס
Yiddish to English
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Other
Holocaust - diaries
The person writes that they had to bury dead horses without shovels and without : קירקעס ??
I wonder if this has anything to do with the Hebrew word for ground: קרקע.
I wonder if this has anything to do with the Hebrew word for ground: קרקע.
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Alexander Somin
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Alex Khanin
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May 13, 2014 04:16: Harold Lemel Created KOG entry
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Alexander Somin
Specializes in field
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Native in: Russian (Variant: Standard-Russia)
Works in: English to Russian, Yiddish to English, German to Russian, and 4 more.
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pickaxe
You idea about KARKA is really interesting. This is a word from Russian and describes a tool for digging hard earth. The earth is spudded with it. Einzol (singular) iz a kirke. Di kirkes iz merzol (plural).
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Alex Khanin
Germany
Germany
Germany
Pushing the envelope of meaning
Native in: Russian 
Works in: German to Russian, English to Russian, Hebrew to Russian, and 18 more.
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