לאָזן
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Yiddish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German lāzzen, from Old High German lāzan, from Proto-West Germanic *lātan, from Proto-Germanic *lētaną. Compare German lassen.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]לאָזן • (lozn) (past participle געלאָזט (gelozt))
Usage notes
[edit]- The past participle געלאָזן (gelozn) also exists.
- Similar to German לאָזן זיך can be used to mean: "allow one to X the subject" ער לאז זיך נישט שפייען אין דער קאַשע - he does not allow others to spit in his buckwheat porridge. - he's no pushover.
- לאָזן זיך can also mean "to release from an obligation" זי לאָז זיך נישט פון עפעס נאָר ווײַל עס איז שווער - she doesn't free herself from her obligation just because something is hard
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of לאָזן
infinitive | לאָזן lozn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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present participle | לאָזנדיק lozndik | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
past participle | געלאָזט gelozt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
auxiliary | האָבן hobn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
present | איך לאָז ikh loz |
מיר לאָזן mir lozn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
דו לאָזסט du lozst |
איר לאָזט ir lozt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ער לאָזט er lozt |
זיי לאָזן zey lozn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
imperative | לאָז (דו) loz (du) |
לאָזט (איר) lozt (ir) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Composed forms
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Derived terms
[edit]- אָפּלאָזן (oplozn, “to let go”)
- אַראָפּלאָזן (aroplozn, “to turn down, lower, let down; to launch”)
- דערלאָזן (derlozn)
- לאָמיך (lomikh, “let me”)
- לאָמיר (lomir, “let's”)
- פֿאַרלאָזן (farlozn, “to leave behind, abandon”)
- פֿאַרבײַלאָזן (farbaylozn)
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- Yiddish terms inherited from Middle High German
- Yiddish terms derived from Middle High German
- Yiddish terms inherited from Old High German
- Yiddish terms derived from Old High German
- Yiddish terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Yiddish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Yiddish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Yiddish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Yiddish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Yiddish dialectal terms
- Yiddish lemmas
- Yiddish verbs