לײַען

Yiddish

Etymology

From Old High German līhan, from Proto-Germanic *līhwaną.

Verb

לײַען (layen) (past participle געליִען (gelien))

  1. lend
  2. borrow

Usage notes

For both senses, the object being lent is in accusative and the person in the dative, with the sense borrow being often disambiguated by using the preposition בײַ (bay) before the person. The past participle געליגן (gelign) is also used.

Conjugation

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