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Yiddish
Pronunciation
- (YIVO, Northern Yiddish) IPA(key): /ˈzɛɪ̯ər/
- (Southern Yiddish) IPA(key): /ˈzaɪ̯ər/
Etymology 1
From Middle High German sēr, from Old High German sēr (“sored, injured”), from Proto-West Germanic *sair.
Adverb
זייער • (zeyer)
- very
Usage notes
In Standard Yiddish, זייער (zeyer) precedes an indefinite article but is preceded by a definite article.
Etymology 2
Derived from זיי (zey, “they”) by analogy with אונדזער (undzer, “our”) and אײַער (ayer, “your”), perhaps also with earlier genitive forms in -er. Displaced in the plural sense איר (ir, now only “her”), from Middle High German ir (“her, their”).
Determiner
זייער • (zeyer)
- their (third person plural possessive pronoun, all genders)
Declension
Declension of זייער
| prepositive
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| case
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masculine
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neuter
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feminine
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plural
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| nominative
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זייער
zeyer
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זייערע
zeyere
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| accusative
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| dative
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| postpositive or nominalized
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| case
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masculine
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neuter
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feminine
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plural
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| nominative
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זייערער
zeyerer
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זייערס
zeyers
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זייערע
zeyere
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זייערע
zeyere
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| accusative
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זייערן
zeyern
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| dative
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זייערן
zeyern
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זייערער
zeyerer
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See also
Yiddish possessive pronouns