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Yiddish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from or cognate to German Lokal. Ultimately derived from French local.
Noun
לאָקאַל • (lokal) m, plural לאָקאַלן (lokaln)
- spot (a place)
- Synonym: אָרט (ort)
- (uncountable) premises
- Synonym: אָרט (ort)
- venue
- Synonym: טרעפֿפּונקט (trefpunkt)
- locale
- Synonyms: אָרט (ort), פּלאַץ (plats)
- extension (phone line)
- Synonym: ליניע (linye)
Derived terms
See also
- (a local; a person local to a place): תּושבֿ (toyshev), היגער (higer)
References
- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “premises”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
Etymology 2
From Latin locālis (“local”), from locus (“place, spot, location”). Compare German lokal.
Adjective
לאָקאַל • (lokal)
- local
- Synonym: אָרטיק (ortik)
- (medicine) topical (localized)
Declension
Derived terms
References
- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “local”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN