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Yiddish
Etymology
From Middle High German wīt, from Old High German wīt, from Proto-West Germanic *wīd, from Proto-Germanic *wīdaz. Cognate with German weit and English wide.
Pronunciation
Adjective
ווײַט • (vayt) (comparative ווײַטער (vayter))
- far, distant
דאָס איז ניט ווײַט פֿון די אַנדערע.- dos iz nit vayt fun di andere.
- That's not far from the other ones.
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