See לא on Wiktionary
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"english": "yes; 'en",
"translation": "yes; 'en",
"word": "אין"
}
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],
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"word": "אֵין"
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"etymology_text": "From Hebrew לא.",
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"english": "Not enough (that)",
"roman": "loy-day",
"translation": "Not enough (that)",
"word": "לא־די"
},
{
"english": "Good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well",
"roman": "loy-yutslekh",
"translation": "Good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well",
"word": "לא־ױצח"
},
{
"english": "Hush money; usually with -געלט",
"roman": "loy-yekhrets",
"translation": "Hush money; usually with -געלט",
"word": "לא־יחרץ"
}
],
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{
"english": "\"No with an א; absolutely not\"",
"ref": "1998, Steven A. Jacobson, quotee, A Guide to the More Common Hebraic Words in Yiddish, Fairbanks, AK, page 91:",
"roman": "\"loy mit an alef\"",
"text": "“לא מיט אַן אַלף“",
"translation": "\"No with an א; absolutely not\"",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "\"Neither bears nor woods; entirely untrue\"",
"ref": "1998, Steven A. Jacobson, quotee, A Guide to the More Common Hebraic Words in Yiddish, Fairbanks, AK, page 91:",
"roman": "\"loy dubim veloy iar\"",
"text": "“לא דובים ולא יער“",
"translation": "\"Neither bears nor woods; entirely untrue\"",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "\"There is no such thing.\"",
"ref": "1998, Steven A. Jacobson, quotee, A Guide to the More Common Hebraic Words in Yiddish, Fairbanks, AK, page 91:",
"roman": "\"loy hoyo veloy nivro\"",
"text": "“לא היה ולא נבֿרא“",
"translation": "\"There is no such thing.\"",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"no, not so"
],
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"links": [
[
"no",
"no"
],
[
"not",
"not"
],
[
"so",
"so"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "ניין"
}
]
}
],
"word": "לא"
}
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{
"english": "yes; 'en",
"translation": "yes; 'en",
"word": "אין"
}
],
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},
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"etymology_text": "From Proto-Semitic *lā.",
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"Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
"Hebrew interjections",
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"Hebrew terms inherited from Proto-Semitic",
"Hebrew terms with homophones",
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"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:Hebrew/o",
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}
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"No; used in responding to questions."
],
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"No",
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{
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},
{
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}
],
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}
{
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"english": "Not enough (that)",
"roman": "loy-day",
"translation": "Not enough (that)",
"word": "לא־די"
},
{
"english": "Good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well",
"roman": "loy-yutslekh",
"translation": "Good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well",
"word": "לא־ױצח"
},
{
"english": "Hush money; usually with -געלט",
"roman": "loy-yekhrets",
"translation": "Hush money; usually with -געלט",
"word": "לא־יחרץ"
}
],
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],
"etymology_text": "From Hebrew לא.",
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}
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"english": "\"No with an א; absolutely not\"",
"ref": "1998, Steven A. Jacobson, quotee, A Guide to the More Common Hebraic Words in Yiddish, Fairbanks, AK, page 91:",
"roman": "\"loy mit an alef\"",
"text": "“לא מיט אַן אַלף“",
"translation": "\"No with an א; absolutely not\"",
"type": "quotation"
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{
"english": "\"Neither bears nor woods; entirely untrue\"",
"ref": "1998, Steven A. Jacobson, quotee, A Guide to the More Common Hebraic Words in Yiddish, Fairbanks, AK, page 91:",
"roman": "\"loy dubim veloy iar\"",
"text": "“לא דובים ולא יער“",
"translation": "\"Neither bears nor woods; entirely untrue\"",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "\"There is no such thing.\"",
"ref": "1998, Steven A. Jacobson, quotee, A Guide to the More Common Hebraic Words in Yiddish, Fairbanks, AK, page 91:",
"roman": "\"loy hoyo veloy nivro\"",
"text": "“לא היה ולא נבֿרא“",
"translation": "\"There is no such thing.\"",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"no, not so"
],
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[
"no",
"no"
],
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"not",
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],
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"so",
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]
],
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{
"word": "ניין"
}
]
}
],
"word": "לא"
}
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