לאָקאַל

Yiddish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɫɔˈkaɫ/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from or cognate to German Lokal. Ultimately derived from French local.

Noun

לאָקאַל • (lokal) m, plural לאָקאַלן (lokaln)

1. spot (a place)

   Synonym: אָרט (ort)

2. (uncountable) premises

   Synonym: אָרט (ort)

3. venue

   Synonym: טרעפֿפּונקט (trefpunkt)

4. locale

   Synonyms: אָרט (ort), פּלאַץ (plats)

5. extension (phone line)

   Synonym: ליניע (linye)

Derived terms

• עסלאָקאַל (eslokal)
• גיכשפּײַז־לאָקאַל (gikhshpayz-lokal)
• לאָקאַל־⁠רעדאַקטאָר (lokal-⁠redaktor, “city editor”)
• שטימען אינעם לאָקאַל (shtimen inem lokal, “to vote in-person”)

See also

• (a local; a person local to a place): תּושבֿ (toyshev), היגער (higer)

References

• Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “premises”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN

Etymology 2

From Latin locālis (“local”), from locus (“place, spot, location”). Compare German lokal.

Adjective

לאָקאַל • (lokal)

1. local

   Synonym: אָרטיק (ortik)

2. (medicine) topical (localized)

Declension

Declension of לאָקאַל

predicative					לאָקאַל lokal
case	masculine	neuter			feminine	plural
		indefinite	definite	post./nom.
nominative	לאָקאַלער lokaler	לאָקאַל lokal	לאָקאַלע lokale	לאָקאַלס lokals	לאָקאַלע lokale	לאָקאַלע lokale
accusative	לאָקאַלן lokaln
dative			לאָקאַלן lokaln		לאָקאַלער lokaler

Derived terms

• לאָקאַל־⁠פֿרעסער (lokal-⁠freser, “locavore”)

References

• Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “local”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN