"אוי" meaning in Yiddish

See אוי in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

Forms: oy [romanization]
Etymology: Disputed. Either from Germanic (compare Dutch oei, German au, English oh) or from Hebrew אוֹי (ʾōy). Compare also Polish oj, Russian ой (oj). Etymology templates: {{der|yi|gem}} Germanic, {{cog|nl|oei}} Dutch oei, {{cog|de|au}} German au, {{cog|en|oh}} English oh, {{der|yi|he|אוֹי|tr=ʾōy}} Hebrew אוֹי (ʾōy), {{root|yi|he|א־ב־ה}}, {{cog|pl|oj}} Polish oj, {{cog|ru|ой}} Russian ой (oj) Head templates: {{head|yi|interjection}} אוי • (oy)
  1. oh, ah, ugh, oy Derived forms: אוי וויי (oy vey) (english: oh woe) [literally]
    Sense id: en-אוי-yi-intj--7IKfQeS Categories (other): Yiddish entries with incorrect language header

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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "oy",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: oy",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: oy"
    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "gem"
      },
      "expansion": "Germanic",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "oei"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch oei",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "au"
      },
      "expansion": "German au",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "oh"
      },
      "expansion": "English oh",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "אוֹי",
        "tr": "ʾōy"
      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew אוֹי (ʾōy)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "א־ב־ה"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pl",
        "2": "oj"
      },
      "expansion": "Polish oj",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "ой"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian ой (oj)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Disputed. Either from Germanic (compare Dutch oei, German au, English oh) or from Hebrew אוֹי (ʾōy).\nCompare also Polish oj, Russian ой (oj).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "oy",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "yi",
        "2": "interjection"
      },
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          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        }
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        {
          "english": "oh woe",
          "roman": "oy vey",
          "tags": [
            "literally"
          ],
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        }
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        "oh, ah, ugh, oy"
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        [
          "oh",
          "oh"
        ],
        [
          "ah",
          "ah"
        ],
        [
          "ugh",
          "ugh"
        ],
        [
          "oy",
          "oy"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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}
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      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ],
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    }
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          },
          "expansion": "→ English: oy",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: oy"
    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "gem"
      },
      "expansion": "Germanic",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "oei"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch oei",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "au"
      },
      "expansion": "German au",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "oh"
      },
      "expansion": "English oh",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "אוֹי",
        "tr": "ʾōy"
      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew אוֹי (ʾōy)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "א־ב־ה"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pl",
        "2": "oj"
      },
      "expansion": "Polish oj",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "ой"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian ой (oj)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Disputed. Either from Germanic (compare Dutch oei, German au, English oh) or from Hebrew אוֹי (ʾōy).\nCompare also Polish oj, Russian ой (oj).",
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    {
      "form": "oy",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "interjection"
      },
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    }
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  "lang_code": "yi",
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        "Yiddish interjections",
        "Yiddish lemmas",
        "Yiddish terms derived from Germanic languages",
        "Yiddish terms derived from Hebrew",
        "Yiddish terms derived from the Hebrew root א־ב־ה"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "oh, ah, ugh, oy"
      ],
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        [
          "oh",
          "oh"
        ],
        [
          "ah",
          "ah"
        ],
        [
          "ugh",
          "ugh"
        ],
        [
          "oy",
          "oy"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "אוי"
}

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