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To: SERKIT; irish guard

Saftig is likely related to the yiddish word Zaftig, which means plump.


2,163 posted on 08/11/2018 9:29:04 PM PDT by tang-soo (Prophecy of the Seventy Weeks - Read Daniel Chapter 9)
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To: tang-soo

I’m aware of the origins....except saftig has a different definition than zaftig. Yiddish zaftig is plump...German it is a derivation of ‘saft’ which is juicy


2,214 posted on 08/12/2018 7:05:23 AM PDT by irish guard
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