"ים־מיידל" meaning in Yiddish

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Noun

IPA: /ˈjamˌmɛɪ̯dɫ̩/ Forms: yam-meydl [romanization], yam-meydlekh [romanization]
Etymology: From ים (yam, “sea”) + מיידל (meydl, “girl”), possibly a calque of Russian морска́я де́ва (morskája déva), Ukrainian морська́ па́нна (morsʹká pánna), and/or German Meerjungfrau. Etymology templates: {{af|yi|ים|מיידל|t1=sea|t2=girl|tr1=yam}} ים (yam, “sea”) + מיידל (meydl, “girl”), {{clq|yi|ru|морска́я де́ва|nocap=1}} calque of Russian морска́я де́ва (morskája déva), {{clq|yi|uk|морська́ па́нна|notext=1}} Ukrainian морська́ па́нна (morsʹká pánna), {{,}} ,, {{clq|yi|de|Meerjungfrau|notext=1}} German Meerjungfrau Head templates: {{head|yi|noun|g=n|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr=yam-meydl}} ים־מיידל • (yam-meydl) n, {{yi-noun|g=n|pl=ekh|tr=yam-meydl}} ים־מיידל • (yam-meydl) n, plural ים־מיידלעך (yam-meydlekh)
  1. mermaid Categories (topical): Mythological creatures
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      },
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      "name": "af"
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      "name": "clq"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": ",",
      "name": ","
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "de",
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        "notext": "1"
      },
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      "name": "clq"
    }
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
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          "langcode": "yi",
          "name": "Mythological creatures",
          "orig": "yi:Mythological creatures",
          "parents": [
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            "Mythology",
            "Fiction",
            "Speculative fiction",
            "Culture",
            "Artistic works",
            "Genres",
            "Society",
            "Art",
            "Entertainment",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        }
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        "mermaid"
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "mermaid",
          "mermaid"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈjamˌmɛɪ̯dɫ̩/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ים־מיידל"
}
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        "t2": "girl",
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      },
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      "name": "af"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "ru",
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      },
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      "name": "clq"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "uk",
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        "notext": "1"
      },
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      "name": "clq"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": ",",
      "name": ","
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "de",
        "3": "Meerjungfrau",
        "notext": "1"
      },
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      "name": "clq"
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "yam-meydl",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yam-meydlekh",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
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      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
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      },
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    }
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  "lang_code": "yi",
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        "Pages with entries",
        "Yiddish compound terms",
        "Yiddish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Yiddish lemmas",
        "Yiddish neuter nouns",
        "Yiddish nouns",
        "Yiddish terms calqued from German",
        "Yiddish terms calqued from Russian",
        "Yiddish terms calqued from Ukrainian",
        "Yiddish terms derived from German",
        "Yiddish terms derived from Russian",
        "Yiddish terms derived from Ukrainian",
        "Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Yiddish terms with redundant script codes",
        "yi:Mythological creatures"
      ],
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        "mermaid"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mermaid",
          "mermaid"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈjamˌmɛɪ̯dɫ̩/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ים־מיידל"
}

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