zeyde

plural zeydes

1. alternativeAlternative spelling of zayde.

   Zeyde means grandpa.

   1968, Bernard Isaacs, Selected Stories

   3 more examples

   In fact, he was my elter-zeyde— my great-grandfather - but he was the grandfather of my mother, her siblings, and her first cousins; they all called him zeyde, and the name carried over to the next generation.

   1999, The Journal of Jewish Studies

   ... zeyde, who spoke only Yiddish — a traditional Orthodox Jew with stately carriage, a long gray beard, a mustache stained with nicotine, and an ever-present yarmulke on his head .. I had a special relationship with my zeyde.

   2004, Jewish Currents

   These days, people spell ‘Bubah’ as ‘Bubbe’ and ‘Zaida’ as ‘Zeyde’. They mean ‘Granny’ and ‘Grandad’ in Yiddish.

   2015, Michael Rosen, “Michael Rosen's Bear Hunt, Chocolate Cake and Bad Things - in pictures”, in The Guardian