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Usage of the word davka



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Petra




 
 
    
 

Post Fri, Apr 25 2014, 9:58 am
I don't understand the usage of the word 'davka'. Can someone supply me examples and meanings?
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5mom




 
 
    
 

Post Fri, Apr 25 2014, 10:01 am
Usually it's used to mean "specifically" or "particularly" - as in "I davka chose the red stroller because everyone else has blue ones, and I wanted to be able to find mine at the park." (I have no idea what color strollers are in these days, hope that was a good example.)
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itssimplyme




 
 
    
 

Post Fri, Apr 25 2014, 10:09 am
http://www.thejc.com/judaism/j.....davka
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greenfire




 
 
    
 

Post Fri, Apr 25 2014, 10:17 am
I davka don't like it ... takke mammish plain un pashut ... right alongside nebbach
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Ema of 5




 
 
    
 

Post Fri, Apr 25 2014, 10:45 am
It can also be used to mean on purpose, as in "why did you davka do that when I said not to?"
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zaq




 
 
    
 

Post Fri, Apr 25 2014, 6:28 pm
You know Yiddish "punkt"? (Not in the sense of "punktual", err, "punctual".) Davka means punkt. Or rather, punkt means davka, Aramaic being an older language than Yiddish.
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greenfire




 
 
    
 

Post Fri, Apr 25 2014, 6:29 pm
purposefully
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zaq




 
 
    
 

Post Fri, Apr 25 2014, 7:02 pm
per the classic Alcalay Hebrew-English dictionary: only so; exactly so; precisely; exactly; just to spite.

But beware: you wouldn't tell someone that a train departs "davka" at 4:27 pm--you'd say "bediyuk". You'd say you took "davka" the 4:42 train because it's an express and gets you home five minutes earlier than the 4:27.
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