"צי" meaning in Yiddish

See צי in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Particle

IPA: /t͡si/ Forms: tsi [romanization]
Etymology: Borrowed from a Slavic language. Cognate to Belarusian ці (ci, “if, or”), Polish czy (“if, or”), Ukrainian чи (čy, “if, or”). Etymology templates: {{bor|yi|sla}} Slavic, {{cog|be|ці||if, or}} Belarusian ці (ci, “if, or”), {{cog|pl|czy||if, or}} Polish czy (“if, or”), {{cog|uk|чи||if, or}} Ukrainian чи (čy, “if, or”) Head templates: {{head|yi|particle|tr=tsi}} צי • (tsi)
  1. used to introduce a yes-no question
    Sense id: en-צי-yi-particle-dLBk8JFF Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Yiddish entries with incorrect language header, Yiddish particles, Yiddish terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 2 6 2 49 0 0 24 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 3 1 58 0 0 25 12 Disambiguation of Yiddish entries with incorrect language header: 55 0 0 31 14 Disambiguation of Yiddish particles: 100 0 0 Disambiguation of Yiddish terms with redundant transliterations: 100 0 0
  2. whether
    Sense id: en-צי-yi-particle-NQn9iZI1
  3. or
    Sense id: en-צי-yi-particle-cXVRejcL
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /t͡si/ Forms: tsi [romanization]
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|yi|verb form}} צי • (tsi)
  1. inflection of ציִען (tsien):
    first-person singular
    Tags: first-person, form-of, singular Form of: ציִען (extra: (tsien):)
    Sense id: en-צי-yi-verb-su9vxG8H
  2. inflection of ציִען (tsien):
    imperative singular
    Tags: form-of, imperative, singular Form of: ציִען (extra: (tsien):)
    Sense id: en-צי-yi-verb-rdeE1Hix
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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      "name": "cog"
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  "word": "צי"
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