מזיקmazik meaning in Yiddish

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a little devil; a mischievous, adored child · noun (masculine); plural מזיקים / mazikim

Also spelled in English: mazzik

A seven-year-old on the roof. His grandmother, watching from the yard, calls him a mazik — and pours him more soup the moment he climbs down.

דאָס ייִנגל איז אַ מזיק, ער האָט שוין ווידער אַרויסגעלאָזט די קאַץ פֿון שטוב.

“That boy is a mazik — he let the cat out of the house again.”

Who was the mazik in your family when you were growing up?

Published 6 September 2026

Yaacov, native Jerusalemite

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