"לופֿטמענטש" meaning in Yiddish

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɫʊftmɛnt͡ʃ/ Forms: luftmentsh [romanization], luftmentshn [romanization]
Etymology: From לופֿט (luft, “air”) + מענטש (mentsh, “man”). Etymology templates: {{compound|yi|לופֿט|מענטש|gloss1=air|gloss2=man}} לופֿט (luft, “air”) + מענטש (mentsh, “man”) Head templates: {{head|yi|noun|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr=}} לופֿטמענטש • (luftmentsh) m, {{yi-noun|g=m|pl=n}} לופֿטמענטש • (luftmentsh) m, plural לופֿטמענטשן (luftmentshn)
  1. luftmensch

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "לופֿט",
        "3": "מענטש",
        "gloss1": "air",
        "gloss2": "man"
      },
      "expansion": "לופֿט (luft, “air”) + מענטש (mentsh, “man”)",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From לופֿט (luft, “air”) + מענטש (mentsh, “man”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "luftmentsh",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luftmentshn",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "לופֿטמענטש • (luftmentsh) m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "pl": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "לופֿטמענטש • (luftmentsh) m, plural לופֿטמענטשן (luftmentshn)",
      "name": "yi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Shall I idealize the Jewish merchants, tailors, luftmenschen?",
          "ref": "1992, Di Goldene Keyt, page 91:",
          "roman": "zal ikh idealizirn di yidishe soykhrim, shnayders, luftmentshn?",
          "text": "זאַל איך אידעאַליזירן די יידישע סוחרים, שניידערס, לופֿטמענטשן?",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "luftmensch"
      ],
      "id": "en-לופֿטמענטש-yi-noun-l4HONUxH",
      "links": [
        [
          "luftmensch",
          "luftmensch"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɫʊftmɛnt͡ʃ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "לופֿטמענטש"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "לופֿט",
        "3": "מענטש",
        "gloss1": "air",
        "gloss2": "man"
      },
      "expansion": "לופֿט (luft, “air”) + מענטש (mentsh, “man”)",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From לופֿט (luft, “air”) + מענטש (mentsh, “man”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "luftmentsh",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luftmentshn",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "לופֿטמענטש • (luftmentsh) m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "pl": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "לופֿטמענטש • (luftmentsh) m, plural לופֿטמענטשן (luftmentshn)",
      "name": "yi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "Yiddish compound terms",
        "Yiddish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Yiddish lemmas",
        "Yiddish masculine nouns",
        "Yiddish nouns",
        "Yiddish terms with quotations",
        "Yiddish terms with redundant script codes"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Shall I idealize the Jewish merchants, tailors, luftmenschen?",
          "ref": "1992, Di Goldene Keyt, page 91:",
          "roman": "zal ikh idealizirn di yidishe soykhrim, shnayders, luftmentshn?",
          "text": "זאַל איך אידעאַליזירן די יידישע סוחרים, שניידערס, לופֿטמענטשן?",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "luftmensch"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "luftmensch",
          "luftmensch"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɫʊftmɛnt͡ʃ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "לופֿטמענטש"
}

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