מכּהmake meaning in Yiddish
a plague; sarcastically, nothing at all · noun (feminine); plural מכּות (makes)
At the seder table you take a drop of wine out of your cup for each plague. At the café table the same word means zero, said with a curl of the lip.
ער רעדט אַ גאַנצע שעה וועגן פּאָליטיק, און ער פֿאַרשטייט אַ מכּה.
“He talks politics for a whole hour, and he understands a plague. (He understands nothing at all.)”
Think of someone who speaks with total authority about a subject they understand a make about.
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Published 17 October 2026