לאָקאַל

Yiddish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɫɔˈkaɫ/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from or cognate to German Lokal. Ultimately derived from French local.

Noun

לאָקאַל • (lokal) m, plural לאָקאַלן (lokaln)

  1. spot (a place)
    Synonym: אָרט (ort)
  2. (uncountable) premises
    Synonym: אָרט (ort)
  3. venue
    Synonym: טרעפֿפּונקט (trefpunkt)
  4. locale
    Synonyms: אָרט (ort), פּלאַץ (plats)
  5. extension (phone line)
    Synonym: ליניע (linye)
Derived terms

See also
  • (a local; a person local to a place): תּושבֿ (toyshev), היגער (higer)

References
  • Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “premises”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN

Etymology 2

From Latin locālis (“local”), from locus (“place, spot, location”). Compare German lokal.

Adjective

לאָקאַל • (lokal)

  1. local
    Synonym: אָרטיק (ortik)
  2. (medicine) topical (localized)
Declension
Declension of לאָקאַל
predicative לאָקאַל
lokal
case masculine neuter feminine plural
indefinite definite post./nom.
nominative לאָקאַלער
lokaler		 לאָקאַל
lokal		 לאָקאַלע
lokale		 לאָקאַלס
lokals		 לאָקאַלע
lokale		 לאָקאַלע
lokale
accusative לאָקאַלן
lokaln
dative לאָקאַלן
lokaln		 לאָקאַלער
lokaler
Derived terms
  • לאָקאַל־⁠פֿרעסער (lokal-⁠freser, “locavore”)

References
  • Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “local”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
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