blaib

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Definitions

  • v. To stay.

  • v. To remain.

Example Sentences

  • “The knife they used on the ham blaibs treif.” (Weiser)

  • “He tried a lot of different terutzim, but he blaibs confused.” (Weiser)

  • "...a nation that shtams by the oilam, by the oilam, by the oilam, will blaib fest ahd oilam." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • בלײַבן blaybn

      • Who Uses This

      • Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).

      Alternative Spellings

      blayb

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