לאָקאַל
Appearance
Yiddish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from or cognate to German Lokal. Ultimately derived from French local.
Noun
[edit]לאָקאַל • (lokal) m, plural לאָקאַלן (lokaln)
- spot (a place)
- Synonym: אָרט (ort)
- (uncountable) premises
- Synonym: אָרט (ort)
- venue
- Synonym: טרעפֿפּונקט (trefpunkt)
- locale
- extension (phone line)
- Synonym: ליניע (linye)
Derived terms
[edit]- עסלאָקאַל (eslokal)
- גיכשפּײַז־לאָקאַל (gikhshpayz-lokal)
- לאָקאַל־רעדאַקטאָר (lokal-redaktor, “city editor”)
- שטימען אינעם לאָקאַל (shtimen inem lokal, “to vote in-person”)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “premises”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
Etymology 2
[edit]From Latin locālis (“local”), from locus (“place, spot, location”). Compare German lokal.
Adjective
[edit]לאָקאַל • (lokal)
Declension
[edit]Declension of לאָקאַל
Derived terms
[edit]- לאָקאַל־פֿרעסער (lokal-freser, “locavore”)
References
[edit]- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “local”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN