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Yiddish
Etymology
From Middle High German liute, from Old High German liuti, liudi, from Proto-West Germanic *liud(i), from Proto-Germanic *liudīz (“people”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- (“man, people”). Cognate with German Leute. More at leod.
Pronunciation
Noun
לײַט • (layt) m, plural לײַטן (laytn) or לײַט (layt)
- adult
- a respectable person, a proper person
- (in the plural) people, folks
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