כּלי

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Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew כלי.

Noun

כּלי (keylef, plural כּלים (keylim)

  1. tool, instrument
    • 2020 April 24, Mikhail Krutikov, “װי פּאָליטיש זײַנען ייִדישע לימודים?”, in Forverts:
      ייִדיש איז געװען אַ כּלי, װאָס סײַ די חסידים סײַ די משׂכּילים האָבן גענוצט אין זײער קאַמף אין דער ערשטער העלפֿט פֿונעם נײַנצנטן יאָרהונדערט.
      yidish iz geven a keyle, vos say di khosidim say di maskilim hobn genutst in zeyer kamf in der ershter helft funem nayntsntn yorhundert.
      Yiddish was a tool that both the Chassidim and the Maskilim used in their fight in the first half of the 19th century.
  2. dish