"מעקער" meaning in Yiddish

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmɛkəʁ/ Forms: meker [romanization], mekers [romanization]
Etymology: From מעקן (mekn, “to erase”) (from Hebrew מָחַק (makhák, “to erase”)) + ־ער (-er). Etymology templates: {{der|yi|he|מָחַק|t=to erase|tr=makhák}} Hebrew מָחַק (makhák, “to erase”), {{af|yi|־ער}} ־ער (-er), {{root|yi|he|מ־ח־ק}} Head templates: {{head|yi|noun|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr=}} מעקער • (meker) m, {{yi-noun|g=m|pl=s}} מעקער • (meker) m, plural מעקערס (mekers)
  1. eraser (thing used to erase something written or drawn), rubber

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "מָחַק",
        "t": "to erase",
        "tr": "makhák"
      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew מָחַק (makhák, “to erase”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "־ער"
      },
      "expansion": "־ער (-er)",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "מ־ח־ק"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From מעקן (mekn, “to erase”) (from Hebrew מָחַק (makhák, “to erase”)) + ־ער (-er).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "meker",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mekers",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "noun",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "מעקער • (meker) m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "pl": "s"
      },
      "expansion": "מעקער • (meker) m, plural מעקערס (mekers)",
      "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"
        },
        {
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          "name": "Yiddish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish terms suffixed with ־ער",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        "eraser (thing used to erase something written or drawn), rubber"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "eraser",
          "eraser"
        ],
        [
          "rubber",
          "rubber"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɛkəʁ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "מעקער"
}
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "מָחַק",
        "t": "to erase",
        "tr": "makhák"
      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew מָחַק (makhák, “to erase”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "־ער"
      },
      "expansion": "־ער (-er)",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "מ־ח־ק"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From מעקן (mekn, “to erase”) (from Hebrew מָחַק (makhák, “to erase”)) + ־ער (-er).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "meker",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mekers",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "מעקער • (meker) m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "pl": "s"
      },
      "expansion": "מעקער • (meker) m, plural מעקערס (mekers)",
      "name": "yi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Pages with entries",
        "Yiddish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Yiddish lemmas",
        "Yiddish masculine nouns",
        "Yiddish nouns",
        "Yiddish terms derived from Hebrew",
        "Yiddish terms derived from the Hebrew root מ־ח־ק",
        "Yiddish terms suffixed with ־ער",
        "Yiddish terms with redundant script codes"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "eraser (thing used to erase something written or drawn), rubber"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "eraser",
          "eraser"
        ],
        [
          "rubber",
          "rubber"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɛkəʁ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "מעקער"
}

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