"עשׂו" meaning in Yiddish

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Proper name

Forms: eysev [romanization], eysevn [romanization]
Etymology: From Hebrew עֵשָׂו ('esáv). Etymology templates: {{bor|yi|he|עֵשָׂו|tr='esáv}} Hebrew עֵשָׂו ('esáv) Head templates: {{head|yi|proper noun|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr=eysev}} עשׂו • (eysev) m, {{yi-proper noun|g=m|tr=eysev}} עשׂו • (eysev) m
  1. Esau (Biblical character)
    Sense id: en-עשׂו-yi-name-tNFNSlv8 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Yiddish entries with incorrect language header, Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Biblical characters Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8 Disambiguation of Yiddish entries with incorrect language header: 85 15 Disambiguation of Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Biblical characters: 97 3

Noun

Forms: eysev [romanization]
Etymology: From Hebrew עֵשָׂו ('esáv). Etymology templates: {{bor|yi|he|עֵשָׂו|tr='esáv}} Hebrew עֵשָׂו ('esáv) Head templates: {{head|yi|noun|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr=eysev}} עשׂו • (eysev) m, {{yi-noun|g=m|tr=eysev}} עשׂו • (eysev) m
  1. a brute; a meathead
    Sense id: en-עשׂו-yi-noun-LbHE-~hI
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      },
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      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Hebrew עֵשָׂו ('esáv).",
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "romanization"
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    },
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      },
      "expansion": "עשׂו • (eysev) m",
      "name": "yi-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "90 10",
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          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "92 8",
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        },
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          "_dis": "81 19",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "langcode": "yi",
          "name": "Biblical characters",
          "orig": "yi:Biblical characters",
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        "Esau (Biblical character)"
      ],
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  ],
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        "a brute; a meathead"
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          "brute",
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        ],
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          "meathead"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "עשׂו"
}
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    "Yiddish terms derived from Hebrew",
    "Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
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      "name": "bor"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Hebrew עֵשָׂו ('esáv).",
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    },
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    }
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  ],
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Hebrew עֵשָׂו ('esáv).",
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      ]
    }
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        "a brute; a meathead"
      ],
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          "brute"
        ],
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        ]
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