Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dybbuk

/ˈdɪbʊk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.71 in modern English

Syllables: dyb-buk
IPA: /ˈdɪbʊk/

18

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A malicious possessing spirit, believed to be the dislocated soul of a dead person.

Example Sentences

"And who am I? A dybbuk—a demon of all shapes and no shape. My profession is forced entry into the minds of mortals; my speciality is Jews."
"The Great Freddie stood up. “I'm glad that our paths crossed again. I want to help you. But I don't want to be possessed by a Jewish dybbuk. When I was growing up, I never saw a Jew. I thought they all wore horns and had tails.” Said the dybbuk, “What do you know? In the shtetl where I grew up, the muddy village, we thought all Christians had tails and horns. And the Nazi soldiers carried pitchforks.”"

Etymology

From Yiddish דיבוק (dibek), from Hebrew דבק (dovek, “cling”).

Origin

Source language: Yiddish

Word Breakdown

Root: דיבוק, דבק

Inflected Forms

dybbuks (plural) dybbukim (plural) dibbuk (alternative)

Synonyms

dibbuk

Questions

How do you pronounce dybbuk?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdɪbʊk/.
What does dybbuk mean?: A malicious possessing spirit, believed to be the dislocated soul of a dead person.
Where does dybbuk come from?: It is traced to Yiddish.

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