"ביס" meaning in Yiddish

See ביס in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /bɪs/ Forms: ביס [canonical, masculine], plural ביסן [canonical], diminutive ביסל [canonical], bis [romanization], bisn [romanization], bisl [romanization]
Etymology: From Old High German biz, from Proto-Germanic *bitiz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd-. Compare German Biss, Dutch beet, English bit. Etymology templates: {{ety|yi|:der|goh:biz<ety:der<gem-pro:*bitiz>>|id=bite}} [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*bitiz", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Old High German", "term" : "biz", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "goh" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Yiddish", "term" : "ביס", "lang" : "yi" }" data-id="bite" data-lang="yi" data-title="ביס" id="Yiddish:_bite">, {{der|yi|goh|biz}} Old High German biz, {{der|yi|gem-pro|*bitiz}} Proto-Germanic *bitiz, {{der|yi|ine-pro|*bʰeyd-}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd-, {{cog|de|Biss}} German Biss, {{cog|nl|beet}} Dutch beet, {{cog|en|bit}} English bit Head templates: {{head|yi|noun|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr=}} ביס • (bis) m, {{yi-noun|dim=ביסל|g=m|pl=n}} ביס • (bis) m, plural ביסן (bisn), diminutive ביסל (bisl)
  1. bite

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": ":der",
        "3": "goh:biz<ety:der<gem-pro:*bitiz>>",
        "id": "bite"
      },
      "expansion": "[Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"der.\", \"keyword_label\" : \"Derived from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*bitiz\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang\" : \"gem-pro\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"derived\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Old High German\", \"term\" : \"biz\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"lang\" : \"goh\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"derived\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Yiddish\", \"term\" : \"ביס\", \"lang\" : \"yi\" }\" data-id=\"bite\" data-lang=\"yi\" data-title=\"ביס\" id=\"Yiddish:_bite\">",
      "name": "ety"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "biz"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German biz",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*bitiz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *bitiz",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰeyd-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Biss"
      },
      "expansion": "German Biss",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "beet"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch beet",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "bit"
      },
      "expansion": "English bit",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old High German biz, from Proto-Germanic *bitiz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd-. Compare German Biss, Dutch beet, English bit.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ביס",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plural ביסן",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "diminutive ביסל",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bis",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bisn",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bisl",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ביס • (bis) m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "dim": "ביסל",
        "g": "m",
        "pl": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "ביס • (bis) m, plural ביסן (bisn), diminutive ביסל (bisl)",
      "name": "yi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using etymon with no ID",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish entries with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bite"
      ],
      "id": "en-ביס-yi-noun-hCDIXCqt",
      "links": [
        [
          "bite",
          "bite"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bɪs/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ביס"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": ":der",
        "3": "goh:biz<ety:der<gem-pro:*bitiz>>",
        "id": "bite"
      },
      "expansion": "[Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"der.\", \"keyword_label\" : \"Derived from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*bitiz\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang\" : \"gem-pro\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"derived\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Old High German\", \"term\" : \"biz\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"lang\" : \"goh\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"derived\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Yiddish\", \"term\" : \"ביס\", \"lang\" : \"yi\" }\" data-id=\"bite\" data-lang=\"yi\" data-title=\"ביס\" id=\"Yiddish:_bite\">",
      "name": "ety"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "biz"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German biz",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*bitiz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *bitiz",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰeyd-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Biss"
      },
      "expansion": "German Biss",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "beet"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch beet",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "bit"
      },
      "expansion": "English bit",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old High German biz, from Proto-Germanic *bitiz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd-. Compare German Biss, Dutch beet, English bit.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ביס",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plural ביסן",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "diminutive ביסל",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bis",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bisn",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bisl",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ביס • (bis) m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "dim": "ביסל",
        "g": "m",
        "pl": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "ביס • (bis) m, plural ביסן (bisn), diminutive ביסל (bisl)",
      "name": "yi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages using etymon with no ID",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Pages with etymon",
        "Pages with inline etymon for redlinks",
        "Yiddish entries with etymon",
        "Yiddish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Yiddish lemmas",
        "Yiddish masculine nouns",
        "Yiddish nouns",
        "Yiddish terms derived from Old High German",
        "Yiddish terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Yiddish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bite"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bite",
          "bite"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bɪs/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ביס"
}

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