בײַ

Yiddish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old High German bī (“by, at”) (compare German bei), from Proto-Germanic *bi (compare English by), from the second syllable of Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi (“round about, around”).

Preposition

בײַ • (bay) (contracted dem-form בײַם‎ (baym))

  1. at, beside, near, by
  2. with
  3. chez, at the house of
  4. on (the person of)
  5. in the mind of
  6. about, around
  7. on
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