"מלאָכה" meaning in Yiddish

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Noun

Forms: melokhe [romanization], melokhes [romanization]
Etymology: From Hebrew מְלָאכָה (mal'achá). Etymology templates: {{bor|yi|he|מְלָאכָה|tr=mal'achá}} Hebrew מְלָאכָה (mal'achá), {{root|yi|he|ל־א־ך}} Head templates: {{head|yi|noun|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr=melokhe}} מלאָכה • (melokhe) f, {{yi-noun|g=f|pl=מלאָכות|pltr=melokhes|tr=melokhe}} מלאָכה • (melokhe) f, plural מלאָכות (melokhes)
  1. handicraft (trade requiring skill of hand)
    Sense id: en-מלאָכה-yi-noun-wgmiby4H Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Yiddish entries with incorrect language header, Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Yiddish terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 57 43 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 79 21 Disambiguation of Yiddish entries with incorrect language header: 84 16 Disambiguation of Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Yiddish terms with redundant script codes: 62 38
  2. work, labor
    Sense id: en-מלאָכה-yi-noun-QdcHBrs5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: בעל־מלאָכה (balmelokhe)
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "balmelokhe",
      "word": "בעל־מלאָכה"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "מְלָאכָה",
        "tr": "mal'achá"
      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew מְלָאכָה (mal'achá)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "ל־א־ך"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Hebrew מְלָאכָה (mal'achá).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "melokhe",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melokhes",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "yi",
        "2": "noun",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "melokhe"
      },
      "expansion": "מלאָכה • (melokhe) f",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f",
        "pl": "מלאָכות",
        "pltr": "melokhes",
        "tr": "melokhe"
      },
      "expansion": "מלאָכה • (melokhe) f, plural מלאָכות (melokhes)",
      "name": "yi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "57 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "79 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "84 16",
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        },
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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      "links": [
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          "handicraft",
          "handicraft"
        ]
      ]
    },
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        "work, labor"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ],
        [
          "labor",
          "labor"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "מלאָכה"
}
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Yiddish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Yiddish feminine nouns",
    "Yiddish lemmas",
    "Yiddish nouns",
    "Yiddish terms borrowed from Hebrew",
    "Yiddish terms derived from Hebrew",
    "Yiddish terms derived from the Hebrew root ל־א־ך",
    "Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Yiddish terms with redundant script codes"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "balmelokhe",
      "word": "בעל־מלאָכה"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "he",
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      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew מְלָאכָה (mal'achá)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "ל־א־ך"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Hebrew מְלָאכָה (mal'achá).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "melokhe",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melokhes",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
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      },
      "expansion": "מלאָכה • (melokhe) f",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f",
        "pl": "מלאָכות",
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        "tr": "melokhe"
      },
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      "name": "yi-noun"
    }
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  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      "glosses": [
        "handicraft (trade requiring skill of hand)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "handicraft",
          "handicraft"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "work, labor"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ],
        [
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          "labor"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "מלאָכה"
}

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