| -y {suffix} (forming diminutive nouns)
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:: ־ון {m} /-ón/, ־ית {f} /-ít/
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| ya ba {n}
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:: יאבה
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| yacht {n} (slick and light ship)
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:: יאכטה {f} /yakhta/
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| yacht {n} (any private noncommercial vessel)
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:: יכטה {f} /yakhta/
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| Yael {prop} (female given name) SEE: Jael
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| yah {adv} (yes) SEE: yes
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| yahrzeit {n} ((Judaism) anniversary of a person's death)
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:: נחלה {f} /nakhalá/
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| Yahweh {prop} (personal name of God)
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:: יהוה {m}
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| Yahweh {prop} (Jehovah) SEE: Jehovah
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| Yair {prop} (male given name) SEE: Jair
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| yak {n} (ox-like mammal)
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:: יאק
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| Yakut {prop} (language)
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:: יקוטית
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| Yakutsk {prop} (city in Russia)
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:: יקוטסק
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| yale {n} (mythical beast)
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:: ייל
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| y'all {pron} (plural of you)
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:: אתם /atem/, אתן /aten/
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| Yalta {prop} (city in Crimea)
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:: ילטה
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| yam {n} (potato) SEE: potato
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| yam {n} (sweet potato) SEE: sweet potato
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| Yamoussoukro {prop} (official/administrative capital of Ivory Coast)
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:: ימוסוקרו /yamusukro/, יאמוסוקרו /yamusukro/
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| Yandex {prop} (Yandex (in other scripts, the trademark may also be written in Roman letters))
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:: יאנדקס {m} /yandeks/
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| Yangon {prop} (largest city in Myanmar)
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:: יאנגון /yangon/
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| Yang-tzŭ {prop} (Yangtze) SEE: Yangtze
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| Yangtze {prop} (river)
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:: יאנגצה
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| Yanukovych {prop} (Ukrainian surname)
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:: ינוקוביץ
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| yaoi {n} (form of hentai involving two or more males in a homosexual relationship)
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:: יאוי
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| Yaoundé {prop} (capital of Cameroon)
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:: יאונדה /yaundeh/
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| yard {n} (land around a house)
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:: חצר {m} /ẖatzér/
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| yard {n} (nautical: tapered timber from which square sails hang)
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:: סקריה {f} /skaryah/
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| Yard {prop} (Jamaica) SEE: Jamaica
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| yarligh {n} (khan's decree)
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:: יארליק {m} /yarlik/
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| yarmulke {n} (skullcap worn by religious Jewish males)
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:: כפה {f} /kipá/
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| yarn {n} (fiber strand for knitting or weaving)
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:: צמר {m} /tsémer/
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| Yaroslavl {prop} (city)
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:: ירוסלבל
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| yawn {v} (open the mouth and take a deep breath)
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:: פהק /pihek/
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| yawn {n} (the action of yawning)
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:: פהוק {m} /pihuk/
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| Yazdegerd {prop} (given name)
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:: יזדגרד /Yazdgerd/
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| yeah, right {interj} (sarcasm to express disbelief)
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:: עלק /álek/
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| year {n} (time it takes for the Earth to complete one revolution around the Sun)
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:: שנה {f} /shaná/
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| yearbook {n}
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:: ספר מחזור /sefer machzor/
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| yearn {v} (to have a strong desire; to long)
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:: השתוקק /hishtokék/, כמה /kamáh/
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| yearning {n} (wistful or melancholy longing)
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:: כיסופים /kisufim/
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| yeast {n} (fungus)
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:: שמרים {m-p} /sh'marím/
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| yeast {n} (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)
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:: שמרים
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| yech {interj} (yuck) SEE: yuck
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| Yehuda {prop} (male given name) SEE: Judah
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| Yehudit {prop} (female given name) SEE: Judith
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| Yekaterinburg {prop} (city in Russia)
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:: יקטרינבורג {m}
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| yell {v} (shout (verb))
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:: צרח /tsaráḥ/
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| yellow {adj} (having yellow as its colour)
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:: צהוב \ צהב /tsahóv/
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| yellow {adj} (lacking courage)
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:: פחדן {m} /pahdan/
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| yellow {n} (colour)
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:: צהוב {m} /tsahóv/, צהובה {f} /tshubá/
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| yellow {v} (to become yellow or more yellow)
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:: הצהיב /hets'hiv/
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| yellow card {n} (card in sports)
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:: כרטיס צהוב {m} /kartís tsahóv/
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| yellowish {adj} (somewhat yellow)
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:: צהבהב /ts'havháv/
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| yellow-legged gull {n} (Larus michahellis)
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:: שחף צהוב-רגל
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| Yellow Sea {prop} (Asian sea)
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:: הים הצהוב {m} /ha-yam ha-tsahóv/
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| Yemen {prop} (Republic of Yemen)
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:: תימן {f} /teimán/
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| Yerevan {prop} (the capital and largest city of Armenia)
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:: ירוואן \ ירון {f} /yerevan/
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| yermulke {n} (yarmulke) SEE: yarmulke
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| yes {particle} (word used to indicate agreement or acceptance)
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:: כן /ken/
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| yes {particle} (word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement)
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:: דווקא כן /dávka (dáfka, colloquial) kén/
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| yes {interj}
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:: יש! /yesh!/
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| yeshiva {n} (academy for the advanced study of Jewish texts)
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:: ישיבה {f} /y'shivá/
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| yes-no {particle} (particle used to form yes-no questions)
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:: האם {m} /ha'ím/ [initial]
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| yesterday {n} (day before today)
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:: אתמול /'etmól/, [formally or poetic] אמש /'émesh/
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| yesterday {adv} (on the day before today)
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:: אתמול /'etmól/
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| yesterday night {n} (last night) SEE: last night
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| yesteryear {n} (last year, see also: last year)
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:: אשתקד /eshtakád/
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| yet {conj} (nevertheless; however)
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:: עוד /od/, אך /'akh/
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| yet {adv} (even) SEE: even
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| yeti {n} (unidentified animal)
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:: יטי
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| Yevgeny {prop} (given name)
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:: יבגני /yevgéni/
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| YHWH {prop} (יהוה (tetragrammaton))
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:: יהוה {m}
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| Yiddish {adj} (of or pertaining to the Yiddish language)
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:: אידישאי /idishai/
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| Yiddish {prop} (language)
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:: יידיש /yidish/, אידיש /idish/
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| Yiddish {adj} (Jewish) SEE: Jewish
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| Yiddishkeit {n}
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:: יידישקייט {m} /yidishkayt/
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| yin-yang {n} (vagina) SEE: vagina
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| Yitzchak {prop} (given name) SEE: Isaac
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::
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| Yoda {prop} (A wise old Jedi Master in the Star Wars films)
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:: יודה
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| yodh {n} (Semitic letter)
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:: יוד /yod/, יוד /yud/ [colloquial]
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| yoga {n} (Hindu discipline)
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:: יוגה /yoga/
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| yoghurt cheese {n} (labneh) SEE: labneh
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| yogurt {n} (a milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process)
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:: יוגורט {m} /yogurt/
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| yoke {n} (wooden bar)
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:: על {m} /ʿol/, צמד {m} /ṣemeḏ/
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| yoke {n} (pair of animals)
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:: צמד {m} /ṣemeḏ/, פדן {m} /paddān/
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| yoke {n} (a burden; something which represses or restrains a person)
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:: על {m} /ʿol/
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| Yokohama {prop} (a city of Japan)
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:: יוקוהמה /yokohama/
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| yolk {n} (yellow of egg)
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:: חלמון {m} /khelmón/
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| Yom Kippur {prop} (Day of Atonement)
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:: יום כפור /yom kippúr/
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| yoni {n}
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:: יוני
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| Yonne {prop} (départment of Bourgogne)
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:: יון {m} /yon/
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| yore {n} (time long past)
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:: קדם {m} /qédem/
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| York {prop} (city in North Yorkshire)
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:: יורק
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| Yorkshire {prop} (former large county)
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:: יורקשייר {m} /yurqshiyr/
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| Yoshkar-Ola {prop} (capital of Mari El, Russia)
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:: יושקר-אולה
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| you {pron} (object pronoun: the group being addressed)
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:: אתכם {m} /etkhém/ [accusative], לכם {m} /lakhém/ [dative], אתכן {f} /etkhén/ [accusative], לכן {f} /lakhén/ [dative]
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| you {pron} (object pronoun: the person being addressed)
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:: אותך {m} /otkhá/ [accusative], לך {m} /lekhá/ [dative], אותך {f} /otákh/ [accusative], לך {f} /lákh/ [dative]
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| you {pron} (subject pronoun: the group being addressed)
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:: אתם {m-p} /attém/, אתן {f-p} /attén/
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| you {pron} (subject pronoun: the person being addressed)
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:: אתה {m} /'atá/, את {f} /'at/
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| you {determiner} (the individual or group spoken/written to)
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:: אתה {m} /attáh/, את {f} /att/, אתם {m-p} /attém/, אתן {f-p} /attén/
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| you {determiner} (used before epithets for emphasis)
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:: יא /ya/ [slang]
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| you and whose army {phrase} (you can't do all that on your own)
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:: אתה והצבא של מי? /'atá veha-tsavá shel mí?/ [to masc sg], את והצבא של מי? /at veha-tsavá shel mí? / [to fem sg]
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| you are welcome {phrase} (you're welcome) SEE: you're welcome
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| you can say that again {phrase} (that is very true)
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:: ועוד איך (ve-od eikh)
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| you can't judge a book by its cover {proverb} (it is not possible to judge things by external appearances alone)
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:: אל תסתכל בקנקן אלא במה שיש בו /ál tistakél baqanqán, éla bamé sheyésh bó/
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| you-know-who {pron} (known and unmentioned person)
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:: אתה-יודע-מי /ata-yodea-mi/ [said to m sg], את-יודעת-מי /at-yoda'at-mi/ [said to f sg], אתם-יודעי-מי /atem-yod'ei-mi/ [said to m pl], אתן-יודעות-מי /aten-yod'ot-mi/ [said to f pl]
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| young {adj} (in the early part of life or growth)
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:: צעיר /tsa'ir/
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| young {n} (people who are young)
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:: צעיר /tsair/
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| young camel {n}
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:: בכר {m} /békher/
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| young man {n} (youth) SEE: youth
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::
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| Young's modulus {n} (coefficient of elasticity of a solid)
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:: מודול האלסטיות
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| your {determiner} (belonging to you (singular; one owner))
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:: [common] שלך {m} /shelkha/, שלך {f} /shelakh/, [formal] ־ך {m} /-kha/, ־ך {f} /-akh/-ekh/
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| your {determiner} (belonging to you (plural; more owners))
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:: שלכם /shelakhém/, שלכן /shelakhén/, ־כם /-khém/, ־כן /-khén/
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| you're welcome {phrase} (reply to thanks)
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:: בבקשה /b'vakashá/ (please), על לא דבר /al lo davár/ (it’s nothing), אין בעד מה (it’s nothing)
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| Your Majesty {pron} (Title of respect)
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:: הוד מעלתך {m} /hod ma'alatkhá/
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| your mileage may vary {phrase} (this is just my opinion, see also: there's no accounting for taste)
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:: זו רק דעתי /zo rak da'ati/
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| you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours {proverb} (if you do me a favor then I will do you a favor)
|
:: שמור לי ואשמור לך, יד רוחצת יד, טובה תחת טובה
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| youth {n} (quality or state of being young)
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:: נעורים {m-p} /ne'urím/
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| youth {n} (young person)
|
:: נער /ná'ar/
|
| youth {n} (young man)
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:: בחור {m} /bakhúr/
|
| youth {n} (young persons, collectively)
|
:: נוער / נער {m} /nó'ar/
|
| youth hostel {n} (an inexpensive supervised lodging place, primarily for young people)
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:: בית הארחה {f} /Beit HaAra'xa/
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| YouTube {prop} (a video-sharing website)
|
:: יוטיוב {m} /yutyub/
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| YouTuber {n} (YouTube video creator)
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:: יוטיובר {m}
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| yo-yo {n} (toy)
|
:: יו־יו /yoyo/
|
| ytterbium {n} (chemical element)
|
:: איטרביום /itérbiyum/
|
| yttrium {n} (chemical element)
|
:: איטריום {m} /ítriyum/
|
| yuan {n} (basic unit of money in China)
|
:: יואן {m} /yuan/
|
| Yucatán {prop} (a peninsula in North America)
|
:: חצי האי יוקטן
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| yuck {interj} (uttered to indicate disgust)
|
:: איכס /iks/, פוי /fui/
|
| Yugoslavia {prop} (former country in the Balkans)
|
:: יוגוסלביה
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| yuppie {n} (young upwardly mobile urban professional person)
|
:: יאפי {m} /yápi/
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| yurt {n} (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof)
|
:: יורט {m} /yurt/
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| Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk {prop} (city in Russia)
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:: יוז'נו-סחלינסק {m}
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