"זעברע" meaning in Yiddish

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Noun

IPA: /ˈzɛbʁə/ Forms: zebre [romanization], zebres [romanization]
Etymology: From Polish zebra, Russian зе́бра (zébra) etc., from Italian zebra, from Portuguese zebra, from Old Galician-Portuguese enzebro, ezebra, azebra (“wild ass”), from earlier cebrario (882), ezebrario (897), from Vulgar Latin *eciferus, from Latin equiferus (“wild horse”). Etymology templates: {{root|yi|ine-pro|*h₁eḱ-|*ǵʰwer-}}, {{dercat|yi|itc-pro}}, {{bor|yi|pl|zebra}} Polish zebra, {{bor|yi|ru|зе́бра}} Russian зе́бра (zébra), {{der|yi|it|zebra}} Italian zebra, {{der|yi|pt|zebra}} Portuguese zebra, {{der|yi|roa-opt|enzebro}} Old Galician-Portuguese enzebro, {{der|yi|VL.|*eciferus}} Vulgar Latin *eciferus, {{der|yi|la|equiferus|t=wild horse}} Latin equiferus (“wild horse”) Head templates: {{head|yi|noun|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr=}} זעברע • (zebre) f, {{yi-noun|g=f|pl=s}} זעברע • (zebre) f, plural זעברעס (zebres)
  1. zebra (African animal)

Inflected forms

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      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₁eḱ-",
        "4": "*ǵʰwer-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
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      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "zebra"
      },
      "expansion": "Polish zebra",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "ru",
        "3": "зе́бра"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian зе́бра (zébra)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "it",
        "3": "zebra"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian zebra",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "pt",
        "3": "zebra"
      },
      "expansion": "Portuguese zebra",
      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "roa-opt",
        "3": "enzebro"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "VL.",
        "3": "*eciferus"
      },
      "expansion": "Vulgar Latin *eciferus",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "la",
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        "t": "wild horse"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin equiferus (“wild horse”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Polish zebra, Russian зе́бра (zébra) etc., from Italian zebra, from Portuguese zebra, from Old Galician-Portuguese enzebro, ezebra, azebra (“wild ass”), from earlier cebrario (882), ezebrario (897), from Vulgar Latin *eciferus, from Latin equiferus (“wild horse”).",
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      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zebres",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
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        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
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        "g": "f",
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      },
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      "name": "yi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "name": "Yiddish terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "langcode": "yi",
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          "orig": "yi:Equids",
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        "zebra (African animal)"
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈzɛbʁə/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "זעברע"
}
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₁eḱ-",
        "4": "*ǵʰwer-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "itc-pro"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "pl",
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      },
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      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "ru",
        "3": "зе́бра"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian зе́бра (zébra)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "it",
        "3": "zebra"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian zebra",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "pt",
        "3": "zebra"
      },
      "expansion": "Portuguese zebra",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "roa-opt",
        "3": "enzebro"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese enzebro",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "VL.",
        "3": "*eciferus"
      },
      "expansion": "Vulgar Latin *eciferus",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "equiferus",
        "t": "wild horse"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "zebre",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zebres",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "yi",
        "2": "noun",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f",
        "pl": "s"
      },
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    }
  ],
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        "Yiddish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Yiddish feminine nouns",
        "Yiddish lemmas",
        "Yiddish nouns",
        "Yiddish terms borrowed from Polish",
        "Yiddish terms borrowed from Russian",
        "Yiddish terms derived from Italian",
        "Yiddish terms derived from Latin",
        "Yiddish terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese",
        "Yiddish terms derived from Polish",
        "Yiddish terms derived from Portuguese",
        "Yiddish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Yiddish terms derived from Proto-Italic",
        "Yiddish terms derived from Russian",
        "Yiddish terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
        "Yiddish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁eḱ-",
        "Yiddish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰwer-",
        "Yiddish terms with redundant script codes",
        "yi:Equids"
      ],
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      ],
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          "zebra"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈzɛbʁə/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "זעברע"
}

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