היות

Yiddish

Alternative forms

• העיויס (heyoys) — Soviet phonetic spelling

Etymology

From Hebrew היות (“being”), infinitive construct of היה (“to be”).

Conjunction

היות • (heyoys)

1. whereas

References

• Astravux, Aljaksandar (2008) “hejójs”, in Idyš-bjelaruski slóŭnik [Yiddish–Belarusian Dictionary], Minsk: Mjedisónt, →ISBN, page 378
• Alexander Harkavy (2006) “היוֹת”, in Yiddish-English-Hebrew Dictionary, New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 190