"בוי" meaning in Yiddish

See בוי in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /bɔɪ̯/ Forms: בוי [canonical, masculine], plural בויען [canonical], boy [romanization], boyen [romanization]
Etymology: Deverbal from בויען (boyen). Etymology templates: {{deverbal|yi|בויען}} Deverbal from בויען (boyen) Head templates: {{head|yi|noun|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr=}} בוי • (boy) m, {{yi-noun|g=m|pl=en}} בוי • (boy) m, plural בויען (boyen)
  1. construction Synonyms: בויונג, געבוי, אויסבוי, אויפֿבוי
    Sense id: en-בוי-yi-noun-egGt6kuK
  2. structure
    Sense id: en-בוי-yi-noun-UgzbVjv4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: נאָכבוי (nokhboy)
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /bɔɪ̯/ Forms: boy [romanization]
Head templates: {{head|yi|verb form}} בוי • (boy)
  1. inflection of בויען (boyen):
    first-person singular present
    Tags: first-person, form-of, present, singular Form of: בויען (extra: (boyen):)
    Sense id: en-בוי-yi-verb-o5~EPMlP Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Yiddish deverbals, Yiddish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 11 71 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 8 76 4 Disambiguation of Yiddish deverbals: 6 0 85 8 Disambiguation of Yiddish entries with incorrect language header: 33 6 47 15
  2. inflection of בויען (boyen):
    imperative singular
    Tags: form-of, imperative, singular Form of: בויען (extra: (boyen):)
    Sense id: en-בוי-yi-verb-wuA3RPiP
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1
{
  "etymology_number": "1",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "boy",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "בוי • (boy)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "15 11 71 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 8 76 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 0 85 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish deverbals",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 6 47 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "(boyen):",
          "word": "בויען"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of בויען (boyen):",
        "first-person singular present"
      ],
      "id": "en-בוי-yi-verb-o5~EPMlP",
      "links": [
        [
          "בויען",
          "בויען#Yiddish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "form-of",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "(boyen):",
          "word": "בויען"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of בויען (boyen):",
        "imperative singular"
      ],
      "id": "en-בוי-yi-verb-wuA3RPiP",
      "links": [
        [
          "בויען",
          "בויען#Yiddish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bɔɪ̯/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "בוי"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "nokhboy",
      "word": "נאָכבוי"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": "2",
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "בויען"
      },
      "expansion": "Deverbal from בויען (boyen)",
      "name": "deverbal"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Deverbal from בויען (boyen).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "בוי",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plural בויען",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "boy",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "boyen",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "בוי • (boy) m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "pl": "en"
      },
      "expansion": "בוי • (boy) m, plural בויען (boyen)",
      "name": "yi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "construction"
      ],
      "id": "en-בוי-yi-noun-egGt6kuK",
      "links": [
        [
          "construction",
          "construction"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "בויונג"
        },
        {
          "word": "געבוי"
        },
        {
          "word": "אויסבוי"
        },
        {
          "word": "אויפֿבוי"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "structure"
      ],
      "id": "en-בוי-yi-noun-UgzbVjv4",
      "links": [
        [
          "structure",
          "structure"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bɔɪ̯/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "בוי"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Yiddish deverbals",
    "Yiddish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Yiddish lemmas",
    "Yiddish masculine nouns",
    "Yiddish non-lemma forms",
    "Yiddish nouns",
    "Yiddish verb forms"
  ],
  "etymology_number": "1",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "boy",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "בוי • (boy)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "(boyen):",
          "word": "בויען"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of בויען (boyen):",
        "first-person singular present"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "בויען",
          "בויען#Yiddish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "form-of",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "(boyen):",
          "word": "בויען"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of בויען (boyen):",
        "imperative singular"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "בויען",
          "בויען#Yiddish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bɔɪ̯/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "בוי"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Yiddish deverbals",
    "Yiddish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Yiddish lemmas",
    "Yiddish masculine nouns",
    "Yiddish nouns"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "nokhboy",
      "word": "נאָכבוי"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": "2",
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "בויען"
      },
      "expansion": "Deverbal from בויען (boyen)",
      "name": "deverbal"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Deverbal from בויען (boyen).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "בוי",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plural בויען",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "boy",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "boyen",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "בוי • (boy) m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "pl": "en"
      },
      "expansion": "בוי • (boy) m, plural בויען (boyen)",
      "name": "yi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "construction"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "construction",
          "construction"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "בויונג"
        },
        {
          "word": "געבוי"
        },
        {
          "word": "אויסבוי"
        },
        {
          "word": "אויפֿבוי"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "structure"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "structure",
          "structure"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bɔɪ̯/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "בוי"
}

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