"קעניג" meaning in Yiddish

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɛnɪɡ/ [Litvish, YIVO], /ˈkeɪ̯nɪɡ/ [Galitzish, Poylish] Forms: kenig [romanization], kenign [romanization], kenigin [romanization], kenigl [romanization], קיניג [alternative]
Etymology: From Middle High German künec, from Old High German kuning (rarer kunig), from Proto-West Germanic *kuning, from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz. Etymology templates: {{root|yi|ine-pro|*ǵenh₁-}}, {{inh|yi|gmh|künec}} Middle High German künec, {{inh|yi|goh|kuning}} Old High German kuning, {{inh|yi|gmw-pro|*kuning}} Proto-West Germanic *kuning, {{inh|yi|gem-pro|*kuningaz}} Proto-Germanic *kuningaz Head templates: {{head|yi|noun|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr=}} קעניג • (kenig) m, {{yi-noun|dim=l|f=קעניגין|g=m|pl=n}} קעניג • (kenig) m, plural קעניגן (kenign), feminine קעניגין (kenigin), diminutive קעניגל (kenigl)
  1. king Synonyms: מלך Derived forms: קעניגרײַך (kenigraykh)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ǵenh₁-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "künec"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German künec",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "kuning"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German kuning",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *kuning",
      "name": "inh"
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      "args": {
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      "name": "inh"
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German künec, from Old High German kuning (rarer kunig), from Proto-West Germanic *kuning, from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kenig",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kenign",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kenigin",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kenigl",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "קיניג",
      "roman": "kinig",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
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        "g": "m",
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      },
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    }
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  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      "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": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "yi",
          "name": "Heads of state",
          "orig": "yi:Heads of state",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "yi",
          "name": "Male people",
          "orig": "yi:Male people",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "yi",
          "name": "Monarchy",
          "orig": "yi:Monarchy",
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        }
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          "roman": "kenigraykh",
          "word": "קעניגרײַך"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: מלכּה (malke)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "king"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "king",
          "king"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "מלך"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɛnɪɡ/",
      "tags": [
        "Litvish",
        "YIVO"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkeɪ̯nɪɡ/",
      "tags": [
        "Galitzish",
        "Poylish"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "קעניג"
}
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      "word": "קעניגרײַך"
    }
  ],
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        "3": "*ǵenh₁-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "künec"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "goh",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*kuning"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German künec, from Old High German kuning (rarer kunig), from Proto-West Germanic *kuning, from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kenig",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kenign",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kenigin",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kenigl",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "קיניג",
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      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "noun",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
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    },
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        "g": "m",
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      },
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      "name": "yi-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Pages with entries",
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        "Yiddish lemmas",
        "Yiddish masculine nouns",
        "Yiddish nouns",
        "Yiddish terms derived from Middle High German",
        "Yiddish terms derived from Old High German",
        "Yiddish terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Yiddish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Yiddish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Yiddish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵenh₁-",
        "Yiddish terms inherited from Middle High German",
        "Yiddish terms inherited from Old High German",
        "Yiddish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Yiddish terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Yiddish terms with redundant script codes",
        "yi:Heads of state",
        "yi:Male people",
        "yi:Monarchy"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: מלכּה (malke)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "king"
      ],
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        [
          "king",
          "king"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "מלך"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɛnɪɡ/",
      "tags": [
        "Litvish",
        "YIVO"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkeɪ̯nɪɡ/",
      "tags": [
        "Galitzish",
        "Poylish"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "קעניג"
}

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