"בחינם" meaning in Yiddish

See בחינם in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /bɜˈχɪnɜm/ Forms: bekhinem [romanization], בעכינעם [alternative]
Etymology: From Hebrew בחינם (b'khinám). Etymology templates: {{bor|yi|he|בחינם|tr=b'khinám}} Hebrew בחינם (b'khinám) Head templates: {{yi-adv|tr=bekhinem}} בחינם • (bekhinem)
  1. for free Synonyms: אומזיסט
    Sense id: en-בחינם-yi-adv-mdInfQIh
  2. to no avail
    Sense id: en-בחינם-yi-adv-bRCSYxPB Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Yiddish entries with incorrect language header, Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 50 0 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 0 63 Disambiguation of Yiddish entries with incorrect language header: 0 100 Disambiguation of Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: בחינםוואַרג (bekhinemvarg)
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bekhinemvarg",
      "word": "בחינםוואַרג"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "בחינם",
        "tr": "b'khinám"
      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew בחינם (b'khinám)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Hebrew בחינם (b'khinám).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bekhinem",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בעכינעם",
      "roman": "bekhinem",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "tr": "bekhinem"
      },
      "expansion": "בחינם • (bekhinem)",
      "name": "yi-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "for free"
      ],
      "id": "en-בחינם-yi-adv-mdInfQIh",
      "links": [
        [
          "free",
          "free"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "אומזיסט"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 0 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 0 63",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 93",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to no avail"
      ],
      "id": "en-בחינם-yi-adv-bRCSYxPB",
      "links": [
        [
          "to no avail",
          "to no avail"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bɜˈχɪnɜm/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "בחינם"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Yiddish adverbs",
    "Yiddish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Yiddish lemmas",
    "Yiddish terms borrowed from Hebrew",
    "Yiddish terms derived from Hebrew",
    "Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "bekhinemvarg",
      "word": "בחינםוואַרג"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "בחינם",
        "tr": "b'khinám"
      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew בחינם (b'khinám)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Hebrew בחינם (b'khinám).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bekhinem",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בעכינעם",
      "roman": "bekhinem",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "tr": "bekhinem"
      },
      "expansion": "בחינם • (bekhinem)",
      "name": "yi-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "for free"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "free",
          "free"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "אומזיסט"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to no avail"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "to no avail",
          "to no avail"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bɜˈχɪnɜm/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "בחינם"
}

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