פֿאַרדרייען
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]פֿאַר־ (far-) + דרייען (dreyen). Compare German verdrehen.
Verb
[edit]פֿאַרדרייען • (fardreyen) (past participle פֿאַרדרייט (fardreyt)) (transitive, perfective)
- to turn
- פֿאַרדרייען דעם קאָפּ ― fardreyen dem kop ― to turn one's head away; (with dative) to confuse someone, to drive someone crazy
- (reflexive) to make a turn, turn a corner
- (reflexive) to become entangled
- to turn off (faucet, etc.), turn down
- to twist, tangle
- to garble, distort
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of פֿאַרדרייען
infinitive | פֿאַרדרייען fardreyen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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present participle | פֿאַרדרייענדיק fardreyendik | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
past participle | פֿאַרדרייט fardreyt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
auxiliary | האָבן hobn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
present | איך פֿאַרדריי ikh fardrey |
מיר פֿאַרדרייען mir fardreyen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
דו פֿאַרדרייסט du fardreyst |
איר פֿאַרדרייט ir fardreyt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ער פֿאַרדרייט er fardreyt |
זיי פֿאַרדרייען zey fardreyen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
imperative | פֿאַרדריי (דו) fardrey (du) |
פֿאַרדרייט (איר) fardreyt (ir) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Composed forms
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References
[edit]- Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “פֿאַרדרייען”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN