"לאָקש" meaning in Yiddish

See לאָקש in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɫɔkʃ/ Forms: loksh [romanization], lokshn [romanization]
Etymology: From a Slavic language; compare Ukrainian ло́кшина (lókšyna), Belarusian ло́кшына (lókšyna), dialectal Russian локша́ (lokšá). Etymology templates: {{bor|yi|sla}} Slavic, {{cog|uk|ло́кшина}} Ukrainian ло́кшина (lókšyna), {{cog|be|ло́кшына}} Belarusian ло́кшына (lókšyna), {{cog|ru|локша́}} Russian локша́ (lokšá) Head templates: {{head|yi|noun|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr=}} לאָקש • (loksh) m, {{yi-noun|g=m|pl=n}} לאָקש • (loksh) m, plural לאָקשן (lokshn)
  1. noodle
    Sense id: en-לאָקש-yi-noun-SXQrS43T
  2. vermicelli
    Sense id: en-לאָקש-yi-noun-RxutmsTV
  3. thin person
    Sense id: en-לאָקש-yi-noun-i6JTYFGP
  4. (Brazil) American dollar Tags: Brazil
    Sense id: en-לאָקש-yi-noun-aBANFYL- Categories (other): Brazilian Yiddish, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Yiddish entries with incorrect language header, Foods Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 1 1 5 78 10 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 5 66 23 3 Disambiguation of Yiddish entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 9 55 19 14 Disambiguation of Foods: 2 7 12 59 18 3
  5. (in the plural) banknotes Tags: in-plural
    Sense id: en-לאָקש-yi-noun-O2ysY-Sl
  6. (in the plural) scourge Tags: in-plural
    Sense id: en-לאָקש-yi-noun-~MMdnHx7 Categories (other): Yiddish terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Yiddish terms with redundant script codes: 4 14 23 13 5 41
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: אייער־לאָקש (eyer-loksh) (english: egg noodle), לאָקש־בוידעם (loksh-boydem), לאָקש־ציבעלע (loksh-tsibele), לאָקש־פּאָליצע (loksh-politse) (english: no matter what), לאָקשן־קודש (lokshn-koydesh) (english: (hum.) Hebrew), לאָקשן־קוגל (lokshn-kugl) (english: noodle cake, noodle pudding), לאָקשנברעט (lokshnbret) (english: noodle cutting board), לאָקשניויך (lokshnyoykh), לאָקשן־יויך (lokshn-yoykh) (english: noodle soup), לאָקשנטאָפּ (lokshntop) (english: noodle pan), לאָקשנטעפּל (lokshntepl) (english: pot for cooking noodles), לאָקשען (lokshen), לאָקשענע (lokshene), תּורת־לאָקשן (toyres-lokshn) (english: complete nonsense)

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "egg noodle",
      "roman": "eyer-loksh",
      "word": "אייער־לאָקש"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "loksh-boydem",
      "word": "לאָקש־בוידעם"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "loksh-tsibele",
      "word": "לאָקש־ציבעלע"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "no matter what",
      "roman": "loksh-politse",
      "word": "לאָקש־פּאָליצע"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "(hum.) Hebrew",
      "roman": "lokshn-koydesh",
      "word": "לאָקשן־קודש"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "noodle cake, noodle pudding",
      "roman": "lokshn-kugl",
      "word": "לאָקשן־קוגל"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "noodle cutting board",
      "roman": "lokshnbret",
      "word": "לאָקשנברעט"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "lokshnyoykh",
      "word": "לאָקשניויך"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "noodle soup",
      "roman": "lokshn-yoykh",
      "word": "לאָקשן־יויך"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "noodle pan",
      "roman": "lokshntop",
      "word": "לאָקשנטאָפּ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "pot for cooking noodles",
      "roman": "lokshntepl",
      "word": "לאָקשנטעפּל"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "lokshen",
      "word": "לאָקשען"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "lokshene",
      "word": "לאָקשענע"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "complete nonsense",
      "roman": "toyres-lokshn",
      "word": "תּורת־לאָקשן"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "sla"
      },
      "expansion": "Slavic",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "uk",
        "2": "ло́кшина"
      },
      "expansion": "Ukrainian ло́кшина (lókšyna)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "be",
        "2": "ло́кшына"
      },
      "expansion": "Belarusian ло́кшына (lókšyna)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "локша́"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian локша́ (lokšá)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From a Slavic language; compare Ukrainian ло́кшина (lókšyna), Belarusian ло́кшына (lókšyna), dialectal Russian локша́ (lokšá).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "loksh",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lokshn",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "לאָקש • (loksh) m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "pl": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "לאָקש • (loksh) m, plural לאָקשן (lokshn)",
      "name": "yi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "noodle soup",
          "roman": "lokshn zup",
          "text": "לאָקשן זופּ",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "noodle"
      ],
      "id": "en-לאָקש-yi-noun-SXQrS43T",
      "links": [
        [
          "noodle",
          "noodle"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "vermicelli"
      ],
      "id": "en-לאָקש-yi-noun-RxutmsTV",
      "links": [
        [
          "vermicelli",
          "vermicelli"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "thin person"
      ],
      "id": "en-לאָקש-yi-noun-i6JTYFGP",
      "links": [
        [
          "thin",
          "thin"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Brazilian Yiddish",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 1 5 78 10 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 1 5 66 23 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 1 9 55 19 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 7 12 59 18 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "yi",
          "name": "Foods",
          "orig": "yi:Foods",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "American dollar"
      ],
      "id": "en-לאָקש-yi-noun-aBANFYL-",
      "links": [
        [
          "American dollar",
          "American dollar"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Brazil) American dollar"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "banknotes"
      ],
      "id": "en-לאָקש-yi-noun-O2ysY-Sl",
      "links": [
        [
          "banknote",
          "banknote"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the plural) banknotes"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "4 14 23 13 5 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "scourge"
      ],
      "id": "en-לאָקש-yi-noun-~MMdnHx7",
      "links": [
        [
          "scourge",
          "scourge"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the plural) scourge"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɫɔkʃ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "לאָקש"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Yiddish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Yiddish lemmas",
    "Yiddish masculine nouns",
    "Yiddish nouns",
    "Yiddish terms borrowed from Slavic languages",
    "Yiddish terms derived from Slavic languages",
    "Yiddish terms with redundant script codes",
    "yi:Foods"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "egg noodle",
      "roman": "eyer-loksh",
      "word": "אייער־לאָקש"
    },
    {
      "roman": "loksh-boydem",
      "word": "לאָקש־בוידעם"
    },
    {
      "roman": "loksh-tsibele",
      "word": "לאָקש־ציבעלע"
    },
    {
      "english": "no matter what",
      "roman": "loksh-politse",
      "word": "לאָקש־פּאָליצע"
    },
    {
      "english": "(hum.) Hebrew",
      "roman": "lokshn-koydesh",
      "word": "לאָקשן־קודש"
    },
    {
      "english": "noodle cake, noodle pudding",
      "roman": "lokshn-kugl",
      "word": "לאָקשן־קוגל"
    },
    {
      "english": "noodle cutting board",
      "roman": "lokshnbret",
      "word": "לאָקשנברעט"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lokshnyoykh",
      "word": "לאָקשניויך"
    },
    {
      "english": "noodle soup",
      "roman": "lokshn-yoykh",
      "word": "לאָקשן־יויך"
    },
    {
      "english": "noodle pan",
      "roman": "lokshntop",
      "word": "לאָקשנטאָפּ"
    },
    {
      "english": "pot for cooking noodles",
      "roman": "lokshntepl",
      "word": "לאָקשנטעפּל"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lokshen",
      "word": "לאָקשען"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lokshene",
      "word": "לאָקשענע"
    },
    {
      "english": "complete nonsense",
      "roman": "toyres-lokshn",
      "word": "תּורת־לאָקשן"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "sla"
      },
      "expansion": "Slavic",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "uk",
        "2": "ло́кшина"
      },
      "expansion": "Ukrainian ло́кшина (lókšyna)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "be",
        "2": "ло́кшына"
      },
      "expansion": "Belarusian ло́кшына (lókšyna)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "локша́"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian локша́ (lokšá)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From a Slavic language; compare Ukrainian ло́кшина (lókšyna), Belarusian ло́кшына (lókšyna), dialectal Russian локша́ (lokšá).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "loksh",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lokshn",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "לאָקש • (loksh) m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "pl": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "לאָקש • (loksh) m, plural לאָקשן (lokshn)",
      "name": "yi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Yiddish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "noodle soup",
          "roman": "lokshn zup",
          "text": "לאָקשן זופּ",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "noodle"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "noodle",
          "noodle"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "vermicelli"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "vermicelli",
          "vermicelli"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "thin person"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "thin",
          "thin"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Brazilian Yiddish"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "American dollar"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "American dollar",
          "American dollar"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Brazil) American dollar"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "banknotes"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "banknote",
          "banknote"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the plural) banknotes"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "scourge"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "scourge",
          "scourge"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the plural) scourge"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɫɔkʃ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "לאָקש"
}

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