בײַ

Yiddish

Alternative forms

• באַ (ba)

Etymology

From Middle High German bī (compare German bei), from Old High German bī (“by, at”), from Proto-West Germanic *bī, from Proto-Germanic *bi (compare English by), from the second syllable of Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi (“round about, around”).

Preposition

בײַ • (bay) (contracted dem-form בײַם (baym))

1. at, beside, near, by
2. with
3. chez, at the house of
4. on (the person of)
5. in the mind of
6. about, around
7. on