"ווײַס" meaning in Yiddish

See ווײַס in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /vaɪ̯s/ [Litvish, YIVO], /vaːs/ [Poylish], /vas/ [Ukrainish]
Etymology: From Middle High German wīs, wīz, from Old High German wīz, from Proto-West Germanic *hwīt, from Proto-Germanic *hwītaz. Etymology templates: {{inh|yi|gmh|wīs}} Middle High German wīs, {{m|gmh|wīz}} wīz, {{inh|yi|goh|wīz}} Old High German wīz, {{inh|yi|gmw-pro|*hwīt}} Proto-West Germanic *hwīt, {{inh|yi|gem-pro|*hwītaz}} Proto-Germanic *hwītaz Head templates: {{yi-adj}} ווײַס • (vays) Inflection templates: {{yi-decl}} Forms: vays [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], ווײַס [predicative], ווײַסער [masculine, nominative], ווײַס [indefinite, neuter, nominative], ווײַסע [definite, neuter, nominative], ווײַס [neuter, nominative, postpositional], ווײַסע [feminine, nominative], ווײַסע [nominative, plural], ווײַסן [accusative, masculine], ווײַס [accusative, indefinite, neuter], ווײַסע [accusative, definite, neuter], ווײַס [accusative, neuter, postpositional], ווײַסע [accusative, feminine], ווײַסע [accusative, plural], ווײַסן [dative, masculine], ווײַס [dative, indefinite, neuter], ווײַסן [dative, definite, neuter], ווײַסן [dative, neuter, postpositional], ווײַסער [dative, feminine], ווײַסע [dative, plural]
  1. white Derived forms: ווײַסיאָדלע (vaysyodle), ווײַסער בער (vayser ber)
    Sense id: en-ווײַס-yi-adj-AY-pakRx Categories (other): Yiddish entries with incorrect language header, Yiddish links with redundant wikilinks Related terms: גרוי (groy), שוואַרץ (shvarts), רויט (royt), פּאָמסן (pomsn), אָראַנזש (oranzh), ברוין (broyn), געל (english: gel), קרעם (krem), לײַם (laym), גרין (english: grin), ציאַן (tsyan), טורקיז (turkiz), לאַזורקע (lazurke), בלוי (bloy), וויאָלעט (vyolet), אינדעך (indekh), מאַדזשענטאַ (madzhenta), פּורפּור (purpur), ראָזע (roze)

Inflected forms

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      "args": {
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        "2": "gmh",
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      },
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    {
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German wīs, wīz, from Old High German wīz, from Proto-West Germanic *hwīt, from Proto-Germanic *hwītaz.",
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    {
      "form": "vays",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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      "form": "yi-decl",
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      "form": "ווײַסן",
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          "roman": "vaysyodle",
          "word": "ווײַסיאָדלע"
        },
        {
          "roman": "vayser ber",
          "word": "ווײַסער בער"
        }
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          "roman": "groy",
          "word": "גרוי"
        },
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          "roman": "shvarts",
          "word": "שוואַרץ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "royt",
          "word": "רויט"
        },
        {
          "roman": "pomsn",
          "word": "פּאָמסן"
        },
        {
          "roman": "oranzh",
          "word": "אָראַנזש"
        },
        {
          "roman": "broyn",
          "word": "ברוין"
        },
        {
          "english": "gel",
          "word": "געל"
        },
        {
          "roman": "krem",
          "word": "קרעם"
        },
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          "roman": "laym",
          "word": "לײַם"
        },
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          "word": "גרין"
        },
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          "word": "ציאַן"
        },
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          "word": "טורקיז"
        },
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          "word": "לאַזורקע"
        },
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          "roman": "bloy",
          "word": "בלוי"
        },
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          "roman": "vyolet",
          "word": "וויאָלעט"
        },
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          "roman": "indekh",
          "word": "אינדעך"
        },
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          "roman": "madzhenta",
          "word": "מאַדזשענטאַ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "purpur",
          "word": "פּורפּור"
        },
        {
          "roman": "roze",
          "word": "ראָזע"
        }
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/vaɪ̯s/",
      "tags": [
        "Litvish",
        "YIVO"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vaːs/",
      "tags": [
        "Poylish"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vas/",
      "tags": [
        "Ukrainish"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ווײַס"
}
{
  "derived": [
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      "roman": "vaysyodle",
      "word": "ווײַסיאָדלע"
    },
    {
      "roman": "vayser ber",
      "word": "ווײַסער בער"
    }
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German wīs, wīz, from Old High German wīz, from Proto-West Germanic *hwīt, from Proto-Germanic *hwītaz.",
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      "form": "vays",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "form": "ווײַסע",
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      "source": "declension",
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      ]
    },
    {
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
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    {
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    },
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      "word": "גרוי"
    },
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      "word": "שוואַרץ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "royt",
      "word": "רויט"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pomsn",
      "word": "פּאָמסן"
    },
    {
      "roman": "oranzh",
      "word": "אָראַנזש"
    },
    {
      "roman": "broyn",
      "word": "ברוין"
    },
    {
      "english": "gel",
      "word": "געל"
    },
    {
      "roman": "krem",
      "word": "קרעם"
    },
    {
      "roman": "laym",
      "word": "לײַם"
    },
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      "word": "גרין"
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      "roman": "tsyan",
      "word": "ציאַן"
    },
    {
      "roman": "turkiz",
      "word": "טורקיז"
    },
    {
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      "word": "לאַזורקע"
    },
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      "roman": "bloy",
      "word": "בלוי"
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    {
      "roman": "vyolet",
      "word": "וויאָלעט"
    },
    {
      "roman": "indekh",
      "word": "אינדעך"
    },
    {
      "roman": "madzhenta",
      "word": "מאַדזשענטאַ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "purpur",
      "word": "פּורפּור"
    },
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      "roman": "roze",
      "word": "ראָזע"
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        "Yiddish terms derived from Old High German",
        "Yiddish terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Yiddish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Yiddish terms inherited from Middle High German",
        "Yiddish terms inherited from Old High German",
        "Yiddish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Yiddish terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Yiddish terms with IPA pronunciation"
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "Litvish",
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vaːs/",
      "tags": [
        "Poylish"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vas/",
      "tags": [
        "Ukrainish"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ווײַס"
}

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