באַשטיין

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Yiddish

Etymology

From Middle High German bestān, bestēn, from Old High German bistān, from Proto-Germanic *bistandaną, *bistāną. Cognate with German bestehen, Dutch bestaan. Equivalent to באַ־ (ba-) +‎ שטיין (shteyn).

Pronunciation

Verb

באַשטיין (bashteyn) (past participle באַשטאַנען (bashtanen))

  1. to consist (to be composed (of))
  2. to consent, agree
    Synonyms: צושטימען (tsushtimen), אײַנשטימען (aynshtimen), שטימען (shtimen), אײַנוויליקן (aynvilikn), מסכּים זײַן (maskem zayn), דורכקומען זיך (durkhkumen zikh), אָפמאַכן (opmakhn), סאָלידאַריזירן זיך (solidarizirn zikh)
  3. to insist on, press for (optionally with אויף (oyf))
    ווילנע מוז איר כּבֿוד באַשטיין!
    Vilne muz ir koved bashteyn!
    Vilnius must insist on her honour!
  4. to depend on (with אין (in))
  5. to be equal to, alike (with פֿאַר (far) or קעגן (kegn))

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