"נעגעלע" meaning in Yiddish

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Noun

IPA: /ˈnɛɡəɫə/ Forms: negele [romanization], negelekh [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle High German negellīn, negelīn, diminutive of Middle High German nagel. By surface analysis, נאָגל (nogl) + ־עלע (-ele) with umlaut. Compare Alemannic German Nägeli, Negeli, German Näglein (archaic). Compare also German Nelke, a back-formation from plural Nelken, from whence נעלקנ־ (nelkn-), as in נעלקנאייל (nelkneyl, “clove oil”); as well as German Nägele, now chiefly attested only as a surname. Etymology templates: {{inh|yi|gmh|negellīn}} Middle High German negellīn, {{m+|gmh|nagel}} Middle High German nagel, {{surf|yi|נאָגל|־עלע}} By surface analysis, נאָגל (nogl) + ־עלע (-ele), {{cog|gsw|Nägeli}} Alemannic German Nägeli, {{cog|de|Näglein}} German Näglein, {{q|archaic}} (archaic), {{cog|de|Nelke}} German Nelke, {{cog|de|Nägele}} German Nägele Head templates: {{head|yi|noun|g=n|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr=}} נעגעלע • (negele) n, {{yi-noun|g=n|pl=נעגעלעך}} נעגעלע • (negele) n, plural נעגעלעך (negelekh)
  1. diminutive of נאָגל (nogl): little nail Tags: diminutive, form-of Form of: נאָגל (extra: (nogl): little nail)
    Sense id: en-נעגעלע-yi-noun-GJn80uMi
  2. (cooking) clove (spice from the aromatic flower buds of Syzygium aromaticum)
    Sense id: en-נעגעלע-yi-noun-Ow2cs5ne Categories (other): Cooking, Yiddish terms with redundant script codes, Spices Disambiguation of Yiddish terms with redundant script codes: 12 55 34 Disambiguation of Spices: 4 51 45 Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
  3. (botany) carnation, pink (Dianthus) Synonyms: גאָרטן־נעגעלע, גוואָזדיקע
    Sense id: en-נעגעלע-yi-noun-M0NOPFDf Categories (other): Botany, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Yiddish entries with incorrect language header, Yiddish terms suffixed with ־עלע, Caryophyllales order plants, Flowers, Myrtales order plants, Spices Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 42 55 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 38 59 Disambiguation of Yiddish entries with incorrect language header: 4 41 55 Disambiguation of Yiddish terms suffixed with ־עלע: 7 38 55 Disambiguation of Caryophyllales order plants: 5 22 73 Disambiguation of Flowers: 5 37 58 Disambiguation of Myrtales order plants: 4 29 66 Disambiguation of Spices: 4 51 45 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: באָרד־נעגעלע (bord-negele) (english: sweet william), גאָרטן־נעגעלע (gortn-negele), נעגעלע־בלומיקע (negele-blumike), נעגעלעך־אייל (negelekh-eyl), פּעך־נעגעלעך (pekh-negelekh) (english: red pecan (Lychnis viscaria)) Related terms: נעלקנאייל (nelkneyl)
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      "english": "sweet william",
      "roman": "bord-negele",
      "word": "באָרד־נעגעלע"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "gortn-negele",
      "word": "גאָרטן־נעגעלע"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "negele-blumike",
      "word": "נעגעלע־בלומיקע"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "negelekh-eyl",
      "word": "נעגעלעך־אייל"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "red pecan (Lychnis viscaria)",
      "roman": "pekh-negelekh",
      "word": "פּעך־נעגעלעך"
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "nagel"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German nagel",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "נאָגל",
        "3": "־עלע"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, נאָגל (nogl) + ־עלע (-ele)",
      "name": "surf"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "gsw",
        "2": "Nägeli"
      },
      "expansion": "Alemannic German Nägeli",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Näglein"
      },
      "expansion": "German Näglein",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "archaic"
      },
      "expansion": "(archaic)",
      "name": "q"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Nelke"
      },
      "expansion": "German Nelke",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Nägele"
      },
      "expansion": "German Nägele",
      "name": "cog"
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      "form": "negele",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "negelekh",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "נעגעלע • (negele) n",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "n",
        "pl": "נעגעלעך"
      },
      "expansion": "נעגעלע • (negele) n, plural נעגעלעך (negelekh)",
      "name": "yi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "nelkneyl",
      "word": "נעלקנאייל"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "(nogl): little nail",
          "word": "נאָגל"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "diminutive of נאָגל (nogl): little nail"
      ],
      "id": "en-נעגעלע-yi-noun-GJn80uMi",
      "links": [
        [
          "נאָגל",
          "נאָגל#Yiddish"
        ],
        [
          "little",
          "little"
        ],
        [
          "nail",
          "nail"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "form-of"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "yi",
          "name": "Cooking",
          "orig": "yi:Cooking",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 55 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 51 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "yi",
          "name": "Spices",
          "orig": "yi:Spices",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "clove (spice from the aromatic flower buds of Syzygium aromaticum)"
      ],
      "id": "en-נעגעלע-yi-noun-Ow2cs5ne",
      "links": [
        [
          "cooking",
          "cooking#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "clove",
          "clove"
        ],
        [
          "Syzygium aromaticum",
          "Wikispecies:Syzygium aromaticum"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(cooking) clove (spice from the aromatic flower buds of Syzygium aromaticum)"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "cooking",
        "food",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "yi",
          "name": "Botany",
          "orig": "yi:Botany",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 42 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 38 59",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 41 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 38 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish terms suffixed with ־עלע",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 22 73",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "yi",
          "name": "Caryophyllales order plants",
          "orig": "yi:Caryophyllales order plants",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 37 58",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "yi",
          "name": "Flowers",
          "orig": "yi:Flowers",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 29 66",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "yi",
          "name": "Myrtales order plants",
          "orig": "yi:Myrtales order plants",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 51 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "yi",
          "name": "Spices",
          "orig": "yi:Spices",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "carnation, pink (Dianthus)"
      ],
      "id": "en-נעגעלע-yi-noun-M0NOPFDf",
      "links": [
        [
          "botany",
          "botany"
        ],
        [
          "carnation",
          "carnation"
        ],
        [
          "pink",
          "pink"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(botany) carnation, pink (Dianthus)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "גאָרטן־נעגעלע"
        },
        {
          "word": "גוואָזדיקע"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "botany",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnɛɡəɫə/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "נעגעלע"
}
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Yiddish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Yiddish lemmas",
    "Yiddish neuter nouns",
    "Yiddish nouns",
    "Yiddish terms derived from Middle High German",
    "Yiddish terms inherited from Middle High German",
    "Yiddish terms suffixed with ־עלע",
    "Yiddish terms with redundant script codes",
    "yi:Caryophyllales order plants",
    "yi:Flowers",
    "yi:Myrtales order plants",
    "yi:Spices"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "sweet william",
      "roman": "bord-negele",
      "word": "באָרד־נעגעלע"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gortn-negele",
      "word": "גאָרטן־נעגעלע"
    },
    {
      "roman": "negele-blumike",
      "word": "נעגעלע־בלומיקע"
    },
    {
      "roman": "negelekh-eyl",
      "word": "נעגעלעך־אייל"
    },
    {
      "english": "red pecan (Lychnis viscaria)",
      "roman": "pekh-negelekh",
      "word": "פּעך־נעגעלעך"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "negellīn"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German negellīn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "nagel"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German nagel",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "נאָגל",
        "3": "־עלע"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, נאָגל (nogl) + ־עלע (-ele)",
      "name": "surf"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gsw",
        "2": "Nägeli"
      },
      "expansion": "Alemannic German Nägeli",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Näglein"
      },
      "expansion": "German Näglein",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "archaic"
      },
      "expansion": "(archaic)",
      "name": "q"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Nelke"
      },
      "expansion": "German Nelke",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Nägele"
      },
      "expansion": "German Nägele",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German negellīn, negelīn, diminutive of Middle High German nagel. By surface analysis, נאָגל (nogl) + ־עלע (-ele) with umlaut. Compare Alemannic German Nägeli, Negeli, German Näglein (archaic). Compare also German Nelke, a back-formation from plural Nelken, from whence נעלקנ־ (nelkn-), as in נעלקנאייל (nelkneyl, “clove oil”); as well as German Nägele, now chiefly attested only as a surname.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "negele",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "negelekh",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "noun",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "נעגעלע • (negele) n",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "n",
        "pl": "נעגעלעך"
      },
      "expansion": "נעגעלע • (negele) n, plural נעגעלעך (negelekh)",
      "name": "yi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "nelkneyl",
      "word": "נעלקנאייל"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Yiddish diminutive nouns"
      ],
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        {
          "extra": "(nogl): little nail",
          "word": "נאָגל"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "diminutive of נאָגל (nogl): little nail"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "נאָגל",
          "נאָגל#Yiddish"
        ],
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          "little",
          "little"
        ],
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          "nail",
          "nail"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "form-of"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "yi:Cooking"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "clove (spice from the aromatic flower buds of Syzygium aromaticum)"
      ],
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        [
          "cooking",
          "cooking#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "clove",
          "clove"
        ],
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          "Syzygium aromaticum",
          "Wikispecies:Syzygium aromaticum"
        ]
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        "(cooking) clove (spice from the aromatic flower buds of Syzygium aromaticum)"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "cooking",
        "food",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "yi:Botany"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "carnation, pink (Dianthus)"
      ],
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        [
          "botany",
          "botany"
        ],
        [
          "carnation",
          "carnation"
        ],
        [
          "pink",
          "pink"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(botany) carnation, pink (Dianthus)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "גאָרטן־נעגעלע"
        },
        {
          "word": "גוואָזדיקע"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "botany",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnɛɡəɫə/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "נעגעלע"
}

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