קײַען
Appearance
Yiddish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German kūwen, kiuwen, from Old High German kiuwan, from Proto-West Germanic *keuwan. Compare German kauen, and also its alternative forms käuen and keuen.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]קײַען • (kayen) (past participle געקײַט (gekayt))
- (imperfective) to chew
- to masticate
- to munch
- Synonym: קנאַקן (knakn)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of קײַען
infinitive | קײַען kayen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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present participle | קײַענדיק kayendik | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
past participle | געקײַט gekayt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
auxiliary | האָבן hobn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
present | איך קײַ ikh kay |
מיר קײַען mir kayen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
דו קײַסט du kayst |
איר קײַט ir kayt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ער קײַט er kayt |
זיי קײַען zey kayen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
imperative | קײַ (דו) kay (du) |
קײַט (איר) kayt (ir) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Composed forms
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Derived terms
[edit]- איבערקײַען (iberkayen)
- אָפּקײַען (opkayen)
- קײַעכץ (kayekhts)
- קײַען זיך די נעגל (kayen zikh di negl, “to chew on one's nails”)
- קײַער (kayer)
- קײַגומע (kaygume), קײַגומי (kaygumi)
- צעקײַען (tsekayen)
Noun
[edit]קײַען • (kayen) n
References
[edit]- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “chew”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
Categories:
- Yiddish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Yiddish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Yiddish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Yiddish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵyewh₁-
- Yiddish terms inherited from Middle High German
- Yiddish terms derived from Middle High German
- Yiddish terms inherited from Old High German
- Yiddish terms derived from Old High German
- Yiddish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Yiddish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Yiddish terms with homophones
- Yiddish lemmas
- Yiddish verbs
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