פֿאַרשפּילט
farshpilt
lost (through one's own play — gambled or squandered away) · past participle / adjective (from the verb farshpiln)
Losing something can be an accident. To lose it farshpilt means you played, and you played badly.
אין קאַפֿעהויז האָט ער פֿאַרשפּילט אַלץ, אַפֿילו דעם הוט פֿונעם קאָפּ.
“In the café he gambled away everything, even the hat off his head.”
When did you last lose something the farshpilt way — through your own bad play?
Published 31 August 2026