"Ashkenazic" Translated into Modern Hebrew="אשכנזי"?

Question

Masculine conjugation of the word "Askenazic" translated into modern Hebrew?

Answer 1

Ashkenazic is an adjective describing how Hebrew is pronounced by Jews of German and Eastern European origins as opposed to Jews of Spanish and Middle Eastern origin. There are three major differences -- accent on the first rather than the second syllable in a two-syllable word, the pronunciation of the vowel called kamatz as an oh rather than an ah, and the pronunciation of the letter tav as an s rather than a t when it does not contain a dagesh ( a dot). Since it is not a verb, it cannot be conjugated.

Answer 2

Yes, in modern Hebrew, אשכנזי means Ashkenazi, or if you wish, Ashkenazic. And yes, the form is masculine.

Answer 3

Adding some history to the previous answer: The word Ashkenaz originally meant Germany, the country, a noun. The -i ending made it technically an adjective, German, or by extension, a German person. Ashkenazim is the plural form. Nowadays the word describes the ethnicity of Jews from many countries of central and eastern Europe, including Russia, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Hungary, Czech Republic, and more. After many expulsions of Jews from locations all over the map, the word and its meaning migrated, along with the people. The countries themselves have been changing their names. The word has absolutely nothing to do with Nazis.