מאַכן
Yiddish
    
    Etymology
    
From Middle High German machen, from Old High German mahhōn, from Proto-West Germanic *makōn. For the sense "to wave", compare Polish machać, Ukrainian маха́ти (maxáty), both formed with the instrumental case (e.g. "machać rękami").
Verb
    
מאַכן • (makhn) (past participle געמאַכט (gemakht))
- to make, create
 - to do
 - to say
- 1894, שלום־עליכם (sholem-aleyhkem, “Sholem Aleichem”), “דאָס גרויסע געווינס (dos groyse gevins)”, in טבֿיה דער מילכיקער (tevye der milkhiker, “Tevye the Dairyman”):
 
 - to be, feel
- וואָס מאַכט ער ― vos makht er ― How is he?
 
 - (with מיט (mit)) to wave
- מאַכן מיט די הענט
- makhn mit di hent
 - to wave with the hands
 
 
 
Conjugation
    
Conjugation of מאַכן
| infinitive | מאַכן makhn  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| present participle | מאַכנדיק makhndik  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| past participle | געמאַכט gemakht  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| auxiliary | האָבן hobn  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| present | איך מאַך ikh makh  | 
מיר מאַכן mir makhn  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| דו מאַכסט du makhst  | 
איר מאַכט ir makht  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ער מאַכט er makht  | 
זיי מאַכן zey makhn  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| imperative | מאַך (דו) makh (du)  | 
מאַכט (איר) makht (ir)  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Composed forms 
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Derived terms
    
References
    
- Uriel Weinreich (1955) Yiddish Blends with a Slavic Element, WORD, 11:4,607
 
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