"שפּיל" meaning in Yiddish

See שפּיל in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ʃpɪɫ/ Forms: shpil [romanization], shpiln [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle High German spil, from Old High German spil, from Proto-West Germanic *spil. Etymology templates: {{inh|yi|gmh|spil}} Middle High German spil, {{inh|yi|goh|spil}} Old High German spil, {{inh|yi|gmw-pro|*spil}} Proto-West Germanic *spil Head templates: {{head|yi|noun|g=f|g2=n|g3=|head=|sort=|tr=}} שפּיל • (shpil) f or n, {{yi-noun|g=fn|pl=n}} שפּיל • (shpil) f or n, plural שפּילן (shpiln)
  1. game, play, fun
    Sense id: en-שפּיל-yi-noun-l3QdYtKs
  2. spiel, lengthy and passionate speech
    Sense id: en-שפּיל-yi-noun-vGy6Fz5K Categories (other): Yiddish terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Yiddish terms with redundant script codes: 4 22 4 36 34
  3. (colloquial, vulgar) vulva Tags: colloquial, vulgar
    Sense id: en-שפּיל-yi-noun-oC1TjVCY
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: שפּילן (shpiln), שפּילער (shpiler)

Verb

IPA: /ʃpɪɫ/ Forms: shpil [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle High German spil, from Old High German spil, from Proto-West Germanic *spil. Etymology templates: {{inh|yi|gmh|spil}} Middle High German spil, {{inh|yi|goh|spil}} Old High German spil, {{inh|yi|gmw-pro|*spil}} Proto-West Germanic *spil Head templates: {{head|yi|verb form}} שפּיל • (shpil)
  1. inflection of שפּילן (shpiln):
    first-person singular
    Tags: first-person, form-of, singular Form of: שפּילן (extra: (shpiln):)
    Sense id: en-שפּיל-yi-verb-8Tbs75~U Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Yiddish entries with incorrect language header, Yiddish terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 10 3 73 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 8 3 77 9 Disambiguation of Yiddish entries with incorrect language header: 2 10 2 65 21 Disambiguation of Yiddish terms with redundant script codes: 4 22 4 36 34
  2. inflection of שפּילן (shpiln):
    imperative singular
    Tags: form-of, imperative, singular Form of: שפּילן (extra: (shpiln):)
    Sense id: en-שפּיל-yi-verb-TVcBZLy8 Categories (other): Yiddish terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Yiddish terms with redundant script codes: 4 22 4 36 34
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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "spiel",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: spiel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: spiel"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "spil"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German spil",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "spil"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German spil",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*spil"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *spil",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German spil, from Old High German spil, from Proto-West Germanic *spil.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "shpil",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shpiln",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "n",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "שפּיל • (shpil) f or n",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "fn",
        "pl": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "שפּיל • (shpil) f or n, plural שפּילן (shpiln)",
      "name": "yi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "shpiln",
      "word": "שפּילן"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "shpiler",
      "word": "שפּילער"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "game, play, fun"
      ],
      "id": "en-שפּיל-yi-noun-l3QdYtKs",
      "links": [
        [
          "game",
          "game"
        ],
        [
          "play",
          "play"
        ],
        [
          "fun",
          "fun"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "4 22 4 36 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "spiel, lengthy and passionate speech"
      ],
      "id": "en-שפּיל-yi-noun-vGy6Fz5K",
      "links": [
        [
          "spiel",
          "spiel"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "vulva"
      ],
      "id": "en-שפּיל-yi-noun-oC1TjVCY",
      "links": [
        [
          "vulva",
          "vulva"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, vulgar) vulva"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "vulgar"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃpɪɫ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "שפּיל"
}

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      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "spil"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German spil",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "spil"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German spil",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*spil"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *spil",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German spil, from Old High German spil, from Proto-West Germanic *spil.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "shpil",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "שפּיל • (shpil)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 10 3 73 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 8 3 77 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 10 2 65 21",
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          "parents": [],
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          "_dis": "4 22 4 36 34",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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          "extra": "(shpiln):",
          "word": "שפּילן"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of שפּילן (shpiln):",
        "first-person singular"
      ],
      "id": "en-שפּיל-yi-verb-8Tbs75~U",
      "links": [
        [
          "שפּילן",
          "שפּילן#Yiddish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "form-of",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "4 22 4 36 34",
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          "name": "Yiddish terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
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          "word": "שפּילן"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of שפּילן (shpiln):",
        "imperative singular"
      ],
      "id": "en-שפּיל-yi-verb-TVcBZLy8",
      "links": [
        [
          "שפּילן",
          "שפּילן#Yiddish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃpɪɫ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "שפּיל"
}
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Yiddish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Yiddish feminine nouns",
    "Yiddish lemmas",
    "Yiddish neuter nouns",
    "Yiddish non-lemma forms",
    "Yiddish nouns",
    "Yiddish nouns with multiple genders",
    "Yiddish terms derived from Middle High German",
    "Yiddish terms derived from Old High German",
    "Yiddish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Yiddish terms inherited from Middle High German",
    "Yiddish terms inherited from Old High German",
    "Yiddish terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Yiddish terms with redundant script codes",
    "Yiddish verb forms"
  ],
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "spiel",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: spiel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: spiel"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "spil"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German spil",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "spil"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German spil",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*spil"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *spil",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German spil, from Old High German spil, from Proto-West Germanic *spil.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "shpil",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shpiln",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
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        "g": "f",
        "g2": "n",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "שפּיל • (shpil) f or n",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "fn",
        "pl": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "שפּיל • (shpil) f or n, plural שפּילן (shpiln)",
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "shpiln",
      "word": "שפּילן"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shpiler",
      "word": "שפּילער"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "game, play, fun"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "game",
          "game"
        ],
        [
          "play",
          "play"
        ],
        [
          "fun",
          "fun"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "spiel, lengthy and passionate speech"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "spiel",
          "spiel"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Yiddish colloquialisms",
        "Yiddish vulgarities"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "vulva"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "vulva",
          "vulva"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, vulgar) vulva"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "vulgar"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃpɪɫ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "שפּיל"
}

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    "Pages with entries",
    "Yiddish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Yiddish feminine nouns",
    "Yiddish lemmas",
    "Yiddish neuter nouns",
    "Yiddish non-lemma forms",
    "Yiddish nouns",
    "Yiddish nouns with multiple genders",
    "Yiddish terms derived from Middle High German",
    "Yiddish terms derived from Old High German",
    "Yiddish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Yiddish terms inherited from Middle High German",
    "Yiddish terms inherited from Old High German",
    "Yiddish terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Yiddish terms with redundant script codes",
    "Yiddish verb forms"
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "goh",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German spil, from Old High German spil, from Proto-West Germanic *spil.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "shpil",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "extra": "(shpiln):",
          "word": "שפּילן"
        }
      ],
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        "inflection of שפּילן (shpiln):",
        "first-person singular"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "שפּילן",
          "שפּילן#Yiddish"
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        }
      ],
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        "inflection of שפּילן (shpiln):",
        "imperative singular"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "שפּילן",
          "שפּילן#Yiddish"
        ]
      ],
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        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃpɪɫ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "שפּיל"
}

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