"בית" meaning in Yiddish

See בית in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /bɛɪ̯s/ [Northeastern, YIVO], /baɪ̯s/ [Poylish] Forms: beys [romanization]
Etymology: From Hebrew בֵּית, singular construct form of Hebrew בַּֽיִת. Etymology templates: {{bor|yi|he|בֵּית}} Hebrew בֵּית, {{cog|he|בַּֽיִת}} Hebrew בַּֽיִת, {{root|yi|he|ב־י־ת}} Head templates: {{head|yi|noun|g=m|g2=f|g3=|head=|sort=|tr=beys}} בית • (beys) m or f, {{yi-noun|g=mf|tr=beys}} בית • (beys) m or f
  1. beth (second letter of the Hebrew script)
    Sense id: en-בית-yi-noun-hpcurNjC Categories (other): Yiddish entries with incorrect language header, Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Hebrew letter names Disambiguation of Yiddish entries with incorrect language header: 74 26 Disambiguation of Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Hebrew letter names: 98 2
  2. (in compounds) house Tags: in-compounds
    Sense id: en-בית-yi-noun-1uIShmIa
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gsw",
            "2": "Beiz",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Alemannic German: Beiz",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Alemannic German: Beiz"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Beiz",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Beiz",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Beiz"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "בֵּית"
      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew בֵּית",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "בַּֽיִת"
      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew בַּֽיִת",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "ב־י־ת"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Hebrew בֵּית, singular construct form of Hebrew בַּֽיִת.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "beys",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "f",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "beys"
      },
      "expansion": "בית • (beys) m or f",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "mf",
        "tr": "beys"
      },
      "expansion": "בית • (beys) m or f",
      "name": "yi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "74 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "77 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "98 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "yi",
          "name": "Hebrew letter names",
          "orig": "yi:Hebrew letter names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "beth (second letter of the Hebrew script)"
      ],
      "id": "en-בית-yi-noun-hpcurNjC",
      "links": [
        [
          "beth",
          "beth"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "house"
      ],
      "id": "en-בית-yi-noun-1uIShmIa",
      "links": [
        [
          "house",
          "house"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in compounds) house"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bɛɪ̯s/",
      "tags": [
        "Northeastern",
        "YIVO"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/baɪ̯s/",
      "tags": [
        "Poylish"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "בית"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Yiddish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Yiddish feminine nouns",
    "Yiddish lemmas",
    "Yiddish masculine nouns",
    "Yiddish nouns",
    "Yiddish nouns with multiple genders",
    "Yiddish terms borrowed from Hebrew",
    "Yiddish terms derived from Hebrew",
    "Yiddish terms derived from the Hebrew root ב־י־ת",
    "Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "yi:Hebrew letter names"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gsw",
            "2": "Beiz",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Alemannic German: Beiz",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Alemannic German: Beiz"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Beiz",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Beiz",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Beiz"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "בֵּית"
      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew בֵּית",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "בַּֽיִת"
      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew בַּֽיִת",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "ב־י־ת"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Hebrew בֵּית, singular construct form of Hebrew בַּֽיִת.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "beys",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "f",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "beys"
      },
      "expansion": "בית • (beys) m or f",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "mf",
        "tr": "beys"
      },
      "expansion": "בית • (beys) m or f",
      "name": "yi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "beth (second letter of the Hebrew script)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "beth",
          "beth"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "house"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "house",
          "house"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in compounds) house"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bɛɪ̯s/",
      "tags": [
        "Northeastern",
        "YIVO"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/baɪ̯s/",
      "tags": [
        "Poylish"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "בית"
}

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