"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): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Yiddish entries with incorrect language header
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "oy",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: oy",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: oy"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "interjection"
      },
      "expansion": "אוי • (oy)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "oh woe",
          "roman": "oy vey",
          "tags": [
            "literally"
          ],
          "word": "אוי וויי"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "oh, ah, ugh, oy"
      ],
      "id": "en-אוי-yi-intj--7IKfQeS",
      "links": [
        [
          "oh",
          "oh"
        ],
        [
          "ah",
          "ah"
        ],
        [
          "ugh",
          "ugh"
        ],
        [
          "oy",
          "oy"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "אוי"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "oh woe",
      "roman": "oy vey",
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ],
      "word": "אוי וויי"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "oy",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: oy",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: oy"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "interjection"
      },
      "expansion": "אוי • (oy)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Yiddish entries with incorrect language header",
        "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"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "oh",
          "oh"
        ],
        [
          "ah",
          "ah"
        ],
        [
          "ugh",
          "ugh"
        ],
        [
          "oy",
          "oy"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "אוי"
}

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