בײַזײַן

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Yiddish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Middle High German bīsīn. By surface analysis, בײַ (bay) +‎ זײַן (zayn). Compare German Beisein, now only used as a noun.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

בײַזײַן (bayzayn) (past participle בײַגעווען (baygeven))

  1. (with אויף (oyf) or בײַ (bay)) to attend, to be present, to be in attendance
    Synonyms: זײַן דערבײַ (zayn derbay), בײַוווינען (bayvoynen)
    • 2006, Ethan Finkelstein, “חנה אַרענדט — דער ליכט־טורעם פֿון פּלוראַליזם [Hannah Arendt — The Lighthouse of Pluralism]”, in Forverts[1]:
      בײַזײַענדיק אויפֿן פּראָצעס, איז זי געקומען צום אויספֿיר, אַז דער הויפּט־אָרגאַניזירער פֿונעם חורבן, שטורמבאַנפֿיורער "עס־עס" אײַכמאַן, איז ווײַט נישט קיין מאָנסטער; ער איז אַ פּרימיטיווער ביוראָקראַט.
      bayzayendik oyfn protses, iz zi gekumen tsum oysfir, az der hoypt-organizirer funem khurbn, shturmbanfyurer "es-es" aykhman, iz vayt nisht keyn monster; er iz a primitiver byurokrat.
      Being present at the trial, she came to the conclusion that the main organizer of the Holocaust, Sturmbannführer "SS" Eichmann, is far from a monster; he is a primitive bureaucrat.
  2. (with אויף (oyf)) to sit in on

Usage notes[edit]

  • Not used in the present tense.

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Noun[edit]

בײַזײַן (bayzaynn

  1. presence, attendance
    Synonyms: אָנוועזנהייט (onveznheyt), קעגנוואַרט (kegnvart)

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References[edit]

  • Justus van de Kamp et al., “בײַזײַן” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). [2].
  • Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “בײַזײַן”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
  • Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “be present”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN