"שפֿל" meaning in Yiddish

See שפֿל in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From Hebrew שָׁפָל. Etymology templates: {{bor|yi|he|שָׁפָל}} Hebrew שָׁפָל, {{root|yi|he|שׁ־פ־ל}} Head templates: {{yi-adj|tr=shofl}} שפֿל • (shofl) Inflection templates: {{yi-decl|tr=shofl}} Forms: shofl [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], שפֿל [predicative], שפֿלער [masculine, nominative], שפֿל [indefinite, neuter, nominative], שפֿלע [definite, neuter, nominative], שפֿלס [neuter, nominative, postpositional], שפֿלע [feminine, nominative], שפֿלע [nominative, plural], שפֿלן [accusative, masculine], שפֿל [accusative, indefinite, neuter], שפֿלע [accusative, definite, neuter], שפֿלס [accusative, neuter, postpositional], שפֿלע [accusative, feminine], שפֿלע [accusative, plural], שפֿלן [dative, masculine], שפֿל [dative, indefinite, neuter], שפֿלן [dative, definite, neuter], שפֿלן [dative, neuter, postpositional], שפֿלער [dative, feminine], שפֿלע [dative, plural]
  1. shabby, crappy
    Sense id: en-שפֿל-yi-adj-yQZfl88b Categories (other): Yiddish entries with incorrect language header, Yiddish links with redundant alt parameters, Yiddish links with redundant wikilinks, Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Yiddish entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Yiddish links with redundant alt parameters: 50 50 Disambiguation of Yiddish links with redundant wikilinks: 50 50 Disambiguation of Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 50 50
  2. humble
    Sense id: en-שפֿל-yi-adj-hR0~z5~m Categories (other): Yiddish entries with incorrect language header, Yiddish links with redundant alt parameters, Yiddish links with redundant wikilinks, Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Yiddish entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Yiddish links with redundant alt parameters: 50 50 Disambiguation of Yiddish links with redundant wikilinks: 50 50 Disambiguation of Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: שפֿלדיק (shofldik) Related terms: שפֿלות (shifles)
Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 0
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      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w+disamb"
    },
    {
      "_dis": "0 0",
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Pages with entries",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w+disamb"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "sjofel",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: sjofel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: sjofel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "sjofel",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: sjofel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: sjofel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "schofel",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: schofel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: schofel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cs",
            "2": "šoufl",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Czech: šoufl",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Czech: šoufl"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "2": "he",
        "3": "שָׁפָל"
      },
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      "name": "bor"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "שׁ־פ־ל"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Hebrew שָׁפָל.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "shofl",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yi-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שפֿל",
      "roman": "shofl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "predicative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שפֿלער",
      "roman": "shofler",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שפֿל",
      "roman": "shofl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שפֿלע",
      "roman": "shofle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "neuter",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שפֿלס",
      "roman": "shofls",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "postpositional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שפֿלע",
      "roman": "shofle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שפֿלע",
      "roman": "shofle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שפֿלן",
      "roman": "shofln",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שפֿל",
      "roman": "shofl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שפֿלע",
      "roman": "shofle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שפֿלס",
      "roman": "shofls",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "postpositional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שפֿלע",
      "roman": "shofle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שפֿלע",
      "roman": "shofle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שפֿלן",
      "roman": "shofln",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שפֿל",
      "roman": "shofl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שפֿלן",
      "roman": "shofln",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שפֿלן",
      "roman": "shofln",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "postpositional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שפֿלער",
      "roman": "shofler",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שפֿלע",
      "roman": "shofle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "tr": "shofl"
      },
      "expansion": "שפֿל • (shofl)",
      "name": "yi-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "tr": "shofl"
      },
      "name": "yi-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "shifles",
      "word": "שפֿלות"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "shabby, crappy"
      ],
      "id": "en-שפֿל-yi-adj-yQZfl88b",
      "links": [
        [
          "shabby",
          "shabby"
        ],
        [
          "crappy",
          "crappy"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "humble"
      ],
      "id": "en-שפֿל-yi-adj-hR0~z5~m",
      "links": [
        [
          "humble",
          "humble"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "shofldik",
      "word": "שפֿלדיק"
    }
  ],
  "word": "שפֿל"
}
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    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Yiddish adjectives",
    "Yiddish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Yiddish lemmas",
    "Yiddish links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Yiddish links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Yiddish terms borrowed from Hebrew",
    "Yiddish terms derived from Hebrew",
    "Yiddish terms derived from the Hebrew root שׁ־פ־ל",
    "Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "sjofel",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: sjofel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: sjofel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "sjofel",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: sjofel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: sjofel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "schofel",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: schofel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: schofel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cs",
            "2": "šoufl",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Czech: šoufl",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Czech: šoufl"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "2": "he",
        "3": "שָׁפָל"
      },
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      "name": "bor"
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      "args": {
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  "etymology_text": "From Hebrew שָׁפָל.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "shofl",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yi-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שפֿל",
      "roman": "shofl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "predicative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שפֿלער",
      "roman": "shofler",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שפֿל",
      "roman": "shofl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שפֿלע",
      "roman": "shofle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "neuter",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שפֿלס",
      "roman": "shofls",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "postpositional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שפֿלע",
      "roman": "shofle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שפֿלע",
      "roman": "shofle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שפֿלן",
      "roman": "shofln",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שפֿל",
      "roman": "shofl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שפֿלע",
      "roman": "shofle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שפֿלס",
      "roman": "shofls",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "postpositional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שפֿלע",
      "roman": "shofle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שפֿלע",
      "roman": "shofle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שפֿלן",
      "roman": "shofln",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שפֿל",
      "roman": "shofl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שפֿלן",
      "roman": "shofln",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שפֿלן",
      "roman": "shofln",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "postpositional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שפֿלער",
      "roman": "shofler",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שפֿלע",
      "roman": "shofle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "tr": "shofl"
      },
      "expansion": "שפֿל • (shofl)",
      "name": "yi-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "tr": "shofl"
      },
      "name": "yi-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "shifles",
      "word": "שפֿלות"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "shabby, crappy"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shabby",
          "shabby"
        ],
        [
          "crappy",
          "crappy"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "humble"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "humble",
          "humble"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "shofldik",
      "word": "שפֿלדיק"
    }
  ],
  "word": "שפֿל"
}

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