קליין

Yiddish

Etymology

From Middle High German klein, kleine, from Old High German kleini, from Proto-West Germanic *klaini, from Proto-Germanic *klainiz (“shining, fine, splendid, tender”), from Proto-Indo-European *gleh₁y- (“to cleave, stick”).

Pronunciation

  • (YIVO, Northeastern, Ukraynish) IPA(key): /ˈkɫɛɪ̯n/
  • (Poylish) IPA(key): /ˈkɫaɪ̯n/

Adjective

קליין • (kleyn) (comparative קלענער (klener), superlative קלענסט (klenst))

  1. small, little

Declension

Declension of קליין
predicative קליין
kleyn
case masculine neuter feminine plural
indefinite definite post./nom.
nominative קליינער
kleyner 		קליין
kleyn 		קליינע
kleyne 		קליינס
kleyns 		קליינע
kleyne 		קליינע
kleyne
accusative קליינעם
kleynem
dative קליינעם
kleynem 		קליינער
kleyner
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