"אַ" meaning in Yiddish

See אַ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Character

IPA: [a] Forms: ⁧אַ⁩ [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|yi|letter|tr=-}} ⁧אַ⁩
  1. The letter ⁧א⁩ with a patach. Tags: letter
    Sense id: en-אַ-yi-character-XwcoYFcY Categories (other): Yiddish articles, Yiddish determiners Disambiguation of Yiddish articles: 100 0 Disambiguation of Yiddish determiners: 100 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Determiner

IPA: [a] Forms: ⁧אַ⁩ [canonical], a [romanization]
Etymology: From Old High German ein, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos. Etymology templates: {{inh|yi|goh|ein}} Old High German ein, {{inh|yi|gem-pro|*ainaz}} Proto-Germanic *ainaz, {{inh|yi|ine-pro|*óynos}} Proto-Indo-European *óynos Head templates: {{head|yi|determiner|cat2=articles}} ⁧אַ⁩ • (a)
  1. a, an Synonyms: ⁧אַן⁩ (english: an; form used before a vowel)
    Sense id: en-אַ-yi-det-jF9Wbm2d
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Download JSON data for אַ meaning in Yiddish (1.7kB)

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