קליין

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Yiddish

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Etymology

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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

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Adjective

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

  1. small, little

Declension

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