"לגבי" meaning in Yiddish

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Preposition

IPA: /ləˈɡabə/ Forms: legabe [romanization]
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew לְגַבֵּי (l'gabé, “about, regarding”) Etymology templates: {{bor+|yi|he|לְגַבֵּי|t=about, regarding|tr=l'gabé}} Borrowed from Hebrew לְגַבֵּי (l'gabé, “about, regarding”) Head templates: {{yi-prep|tr=legabe}} לגבי • (legabe)
  1. about, regarding
    Sense id: en-לגבי-yi-prep-w7xWkw7Y Categories (other): Yiddish entries with incorrect language header, Yiddish prepositions, Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Yiddish entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of Yiddish prepositions: 46 54 Disambiguation of Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 45 55
  2. according to, in accordance with
    Sense id: en-לגבי-yi-prep-8eLhgFG- Categories (other): Yiddish prepositions, Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Yiddish prepositions: 46 54 Disambiguation of Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 45 55
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          "english": "To the secular and even the frum congregants, Tsemakh could show contempt, but about old friends who'd never strayed, he felt crestfallen.",
          "ref": "1967, Chaim Grade, צמח אַטלאַס [Tsemakh Atlas], volume 1, page 329:",
          "roman": "kegn veltishe un afile frume balebatim hot tsemekh gekent aroysvayzn bitl; legabe alte khaveyrim vos zaynen keynmol nit kalye gevorn hot er gefilt gefaln.",
          "text": "קעגן וועלטישע און אַפילו פרומע בעלי־בתים האָט צמח געקענט אַרויסווייזן ביטול; לגבי אַלטע חברים וואָס זיינען קיינמאָל ניט קאַליע געוואָרן האָט ער געפילט געפאַלן.",
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      "ipa": "/ləˈɡabə/"
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  ],
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          "ref": "1967, Chaim Grade, צמח אַטלאַס [Tsemakh Atlas], volume 1, page 329:",
          "roman": "kegn veltishe un afile frume balebatim hot tsemekh gekent aroysvayzn bitl; legabe alte khaveyrim vos zaynen keynmol nit kalye gevorn hot er gefilt gefaln.",
          "text": "קעגן וועלטישע און אַפילו פרומע בעלי־בתים האָט צמח געקענט אַרויסווייזן ביטול; לגבי אַלטע חברים וואָס זיינען קיינמאָל ניט קאַליע געוואָרן האָט ער געפילט געפאַלן.",
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