בײַזײַן

Yiddish

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German bīsīn. By surface analysis, בײַ (bay) + זײַן (zayn). Compare German Beisein, now only used as a noun.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaɪ̯zaɪ̯n/

Verb

בײַזײַן • (bayzayn) (past participle בײַגעווען (baygeven))

  1. (with אויף (oyf) or בײַ (bay)) to attend, to be present, to be in attendance
    Synonyms: זײַן דערבײַ (zayn derbay), בײַוווינען (bayvoynen)
    • 2006, Ethan Finkelstein, “חנה אַרענדט — דער ליכט־טורעם פֿון פּלוראַליזם [Hannah Arendt — The Lighthouse of Pluralism]”, in Forverts:
      בײַזײַענדיק אויפֿן פּראָצעס, איז זי געקומען צום אויספֿיר, אַז דער הויפּט־אָרגאַניזירער פֿונעם חורבן, שטורמבאַנפֿיורער "עס־עס" אײַכמאַן, איז ווײַט נישט קיין מאָנסטער; ער איז אַ פּרימיטיווער ביוראָקראַט.
      bayzayendik oyfn protses, iz zi gekumen tsum oysfir, az der hoypt-organizirer funem khurbn, shturmbanfyurer "es-es" aykhman, iz vayt nisht keyn monster; er iz a primitiver byurokrat.
      Being present at the trial, she came to the conclusion that the main organizer of the Holocaust, Sturmbannführer "SS" Eichmann, is far from a monster; he is a primitive bureaucrat.
  2. (with אויף (oyf)) to sit in on

Usage notes

  • Not used in the present tense.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • נישט בײַזײַן (nisht bayzayn, to be absent)

Noun

בײַזײַן • (bayzayn) n

  1. presence, attendance
    Synonyms: אָנוועזנהייט (onveznheyt), קעגנוואַרט (kegnvart)

Derived terms

  • אין בײַזײַן (in bayzayn, in the presence of)
  • אָן בײַזײַן (on bayzayn, in absentia)
  • בײַזײַן־סך־⁠הכּל (bayzayn-sakhakl, attendance record)
  • נישט־בײַזײַן (nisht-bayzayn, absence)

References

  • Justus van de Kamp et al., “בײַזײַן” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). .
  • Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “בײַזײַן”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
  • Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “be present”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
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