"לײַט" meaning in Yiddish

See לײַט in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /laɪ̯t/ Forms: layt [romanization], laytn [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle High German liute, from Old High German liuti, liudi, from Proto-West Germanic *liud(i), from Proto-Germanic *liudīz (“people”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- (“man, people”). Cognate with German Leute. More at leod. Etymology templates: {{root|yi|ine-pro|*h₁lewdʰ-}}, {{inh|yi|gmh|liute}} Middle High German liute, {{inh|yi|goh|liuti}} Old High German liuti, {{inh|yi|gmw-pro|*liud(i)}} Proto-West Germanic *liud(i), {{inh|yi|gem-pro|*liudiz|*liudīz|people}} Proto-Germanic *liudīz (“people”), {{der|yi|ine-pro|*h₁lewdʰ-||man, people}} Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- (“man, people”), {{cog|de|Leute}} German Leute Head templates: {{head|yi|noun|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr=}} לײַט • (layt) m, {{yi-noun|g=m|pl=n|pl2=לײַט}} לײַט • (layt) m, plural לײַטן (laytn) or לײַט (layt)
  1. adult
    Sense id: en-לײַט-yi-noun-f9w-gDjo Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 30 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 39 28
  2. a respectable person, a proper person
    Sense id: en-לײַט-yi-noun-woPFfBxe Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Yiddish entries with incorrect language header, Yiddish terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 30 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 39 28 Disambiguation of Yiddish entries with incorrect language header: 30 45 25 Disambiguation of Yiddish terms with redundant script codes: 3 93 4
  3. (in the plural) people, folks Tags: in-plural
    Sense id: en-לײַט-yi-noun-7Qb3cqSW Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 30 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 39 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: לײַטיש (laytish), לאַנדסלײַט (landslayt), אָרעמעלײַט (oremelayt)

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "laytish",
      "word": "לײַטיש"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "landslayt",
      "word": "לאַנדסלײַט"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "oremelayt",
      "word": "אָרעמעלײַט"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₁lewdʰ-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "liute"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German liute",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "liuti"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German liuti",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*liud(i)"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *liud(i)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*liudiz",
        "4": "*liudīz",
        "5": "people"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *liudīz (“people”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₁lewdʰ-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "man, people"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- (“man, people”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Leute"
      },
      "expansion": "German Leute",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German liute, from Old High German liuti, liudi, from Proto-West Germanic *liud(i), from Proto-Germanic *liudīz (“people”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- (“man, people”). Cognate with German Leute. More at leod.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "layt",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laytn",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "לײַט • (layt) m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "pl": "n",
        "pl2": "לײַט"
      },
      "expansion": "לײַט • (layt) m, plural לײַטן (laytn) or לײַט (layt)",
      "name": "yi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "30 30 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 39 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "adult"
      ],
      "id": "en-לײַט-yi-noun-f9w-gDjo",
      "links": [
        [
          "adult",
          "adult"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "30 30 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 39 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 45 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 93 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a respectable person, a proper person"
      ],
      "id": "en-לײַט-yi-noun-woPFfBxe",
      "links": [
        [
          "respectable",
          "respectable"
        ],
        [
          "proper",
          "proper"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "30 30 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 39 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "people, folks"
      ],
      "id": "en-לײַט-yi-noun-7Qb3cqSW",
      "links": [
        [
          "people",
          "people"
        ],
        [
          "folks",
          "folks"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the plural) people, folks"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/laɪ̯t/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "לײַט"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Yiddish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Yiddish lemmas",
    "Yiddish masculine nouns",
    "Yiddish nouns",
    "Yiddish terms derived from Middle High German",
    "Yiddish terms derived from Old High German",
    "Yiddish terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Yiddish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Yiddish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Yiddish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁lewdʰ-",
    "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 redundant script codes"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "laytish",
      "word": "לײַטיש"
    },
    {
      "roman": "landslayt",
      "word": "לאַנדסלײַט"
    },
    {
      "roman": "oremelayt",
      "word": "אָרעמעלײַט"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₁lewdʰ-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "liute"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German liute",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "liuti"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German liuti",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*liud(i)"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *liud(i)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*liudiz",
        "4": "*liudīz",
        "5": "people"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *liudīz (“people”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₁lewdʰ-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "man, people"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- (“man, people”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Leute"
      },
      "expansion": "German Leute",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German liute, from Old High German liuti, liudi, from Proto-West Germanic *liud(i), from Proto-Germanic *liudīz (“people”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- (“man, people”). Cognate with German Leute. More at leod.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "layt",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laytn",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "לײַט • (layt) m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "pl": "n",
        "pl2": "לײַט"
      },
      "expansion": "לײַט • (layt) m, plural לײַטן (laytn) or לײַט (layt)",
      "name": "yi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "adult"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "adult",
          "adult"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a respectable person, a proper person"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "respectable",
          "respectable"
        ],
        [
          "proper",
          "proper"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "people, folks"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "people",
          "people"
        ],
        [
          "folks",
          "folks"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the plural) people, folks"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/laɪ̯t/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "לײַט"
}

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