"אַ גוט קוויטל" meaning in Yiddish

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Interjection

IPA: /a ɡʊt ˈkvɪtɫ̩/ [YIVO] Forms: a gut kvitl [romanization]
Etymology: Literally, "a good slip of paper". This reflects the hope that a slip of paper can be inserted into the Book of Life even after one's fate has been supposedly sealed at Yom Kippur. Head templates: {{head|yi|interjection}} אַ גוט קוויטל • (a gut kvitl)
  1. A greeting used on and during the weeks after Yom Kippur. Wikipedia link: Book of Life, Yom Kippur
    Sense id: en-אַ_גוט_קוויטל-yi-intj-3IWY1HdK Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Yiddish entries with incorrect language header
{
  "etymology_text": "Literally, \"a good slip of paper\". This reflects the hope that a slip of paper can be inserted into the Book of Life even after one's fate has been supposedly sealed at Yom Kippur.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "a gut kvitl",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "interjection"
      },
      "expansion": "אַ גוט קוויטל • (a gut kvitl)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "After praying, they wished each other \"a good slip\", and at the feast in the sukkah they also spoke at length.",
          "ref": "1964, Shimʻon Friedlander, Sefer Yizkor, Linsk, Istrik, Beligrod, Litovisk, page 157:",
          "roman": "Nokhn davenen hot men zikh ongevuntshn \"a gut kvitl\", oykh bay der sude in suke hot men mayrekh geven.",
          "text": ".נאכן דאווענען האט מען זיך אנגעווונטשן „א גוט קוויטל\", אויך ביי דער סעודה אין סוכה האט מען מאריך געווען",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A greeting used on and during the weeks after Yom Kippur."
      ],
      "id": "en-אַ_גוט_קוויטל-yi-intj-3IWY1HdK",
      "links": [
        [
          "Yom Kippur",
          "Yom Kippur#English"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Book of Life",
        "Yom Kippur"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/a ɡʊt ˈkvɪtɫ̩/",
      "tags": [
        "YIVO"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "אַ גוט קוויטל"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "Literally, \"a good slip of paper\". This reflects the hope that a slip of paper can be inserted into the Book of Life even after one's fate has been supposedly sealed at Yom Kippur.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "a gut kvitl",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "interjection"
      },
      "expansion": "אַ גוט קוויטל • (a gut kvitl)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Yiddish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Yiddish interjections",
        "Yiddish lemmas",
        "Yiddish multiword terms",
        "Yiddish terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "After praying, they wished each other \"a good slip\", and at the feast in the sukkah they also spoke at length.",
          "ref": "1964, Shimʻon Friedlander, Sefer Yizkor, Linsk, Istrik, Beligrod, Litovisk, page 157:",
          "roman": "Nokhn davenen hot men zikh ongevuntshn \"a gut kvitl\", oykh bay der sude in suke hot men mayrekh geven.",
          "text": ".נאכן דאווענען האט מען זיך אנגעווונטשן „א גוט קוויטל\", אויך ביי דער סעודה אין סוכה האט מען מאריך געווען",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A greeting used on and during the weeks after Yom Kippur."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Yom Kippur",
          "Yom Kippur#English"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Book of Life",
        "Yom Kippur"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/a ɡʊt ˈkvɪtɫ̩/",
      "tags": [
        "YIVO"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "אַ גוט קוויטל"
}

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