לאָזן
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)