"מת" meaning in Yiddish

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Noun

IPA: /mɛɪ̯s/ Forms: meys [romanization], meysem [romanization]
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew מֵת (mét, “dead person”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|yi|he|מֵת||dead person|tr=mét}} Borrowed from Hebrew מֵת (mét, “dead person”), {{root|yi|he|מ־ו־ת}} Head templates: {{head|yi|noun|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr=meys}} מת • (meys) m, {{yi-noun|g=m|pl=מתים|pltr=meysem|tr=meys}} מת • (meys) m, plural מתים (meysem)
  1. dead body, corpse, cadaver
    Sense id: en-מת-yi-noun-oYfoYkQ- Categories (other): Yiddish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Yiddish entries with incorrect language header: 48 52
  2. dead person
    Sense id: en-מת-yi-noun-p8f1MyEr Categories (other): Yiddish entries with incorrect language header, Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Yiddish terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Yiddish entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Yiddish terms with redundant script codes: 33 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: ממיתן (meymesn), צעממיתן (tsemeymesn), תּחית המתים (tkhiyes hameysem), אויפֿשטיין תּחית המתים (oyfshteyn tkhiyes hameysem), מחיה מתים זײַן (mekhaye meysem zayn)
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "מֵת",
        "4": "",
        "5": "dead person",
        "tr": "mét"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Hebrew מֵת (mét, “dead person”)",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "מ־ו־ת"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Hebrew מֵת (mét, “dead person”).",
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meysem",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
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      },
      "expansion": "מת • (meys) m",
      "name": "head"
    },
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      "name": "yi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "roman": "meymesn",
      "word": "ממיתן"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "tsemeymesn",
      "word": "צעממיתן"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "tkhiyes hameysem",
      "word": "תּחית המתים"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "oyfshteyn tkhiyes hameysem",
      "word": "אויפֿשטיין תּחית המתים"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "mekhaye meysem zayn",
      "word": "מחיה מתים זײַן"
    }
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        [
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        ],
        [
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        [
          "cadaver",
          "cadaver"
        ]
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        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mɛɪ̯s/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "מת"
}
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    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Yiddish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Yiddish lemmas",
    "Yiddish masculine nouns",
    "Yiddish nouns",
    "Yiddish terms borrowed from Hebrew",
    "Yiddish terms derived from Hebrew",
    "Yiddish terms derived from the Hebrew root מ־ו־ת",
    "Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Yiddish terms with redundant script codes"
  ],
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        "2": "he",
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      },
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      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "he",
        "3": "מ־ו־ת"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Hebrew מֵת (mét, “dead person”).",
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    {
      "form": "meys",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meysem",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
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      },
      "expansion": "מת • (meys) m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "pl": "מתים",
        "pltr": "meysem",
        "tr": "meys"
      },
      "expansion": "מת • (meys) m, plural מתים (meysem)",
      "name": "yi-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "roman": "meymesn",
      "word": "ממיתן"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tsemeymesn",
      "word": "צעממיתן"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tkhiyes hameysem",
      "word": "תּחית המתים"
    },
    {
      "roman": "oyfshteyn tkhiyes hameysem",
      "word": "אויפֿשטיין תּחית המתים"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mekhaye meysem zayn",
      "word": "מחיה מתים זײַן"
    }
  ],
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      "glosses": [
        "dead body, corpse, cadaver"
      ],
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          "dead",
          "dead"
        ],
        [
          "body",
          "body"
        ],
        [
          "corpse",
          "corpse"
        ],
        [
          "cadaver",
          "cadaver"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "dead person"
      ],
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        [
          "dead",
          "dead"
        ],
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          "person",
          "person"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mɛɪ̯s/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "מת"
}

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