Definitions

  • adv. Deeply.

  • adj. Deep.

Example Sentences

  • “He didn't want to go too vait into the zaitike sugya, since Tosfos only brought it down as a raya to be mechazek his ikar chidush.” (Weiser)

  • "The maharit you quote is completely סותר a different teshuva in maharit and what he writes in the Teshuva you are quoting is so vait that R Moshe says it was a talmid “טועה ומטעה” who wrote that teshuva." (source)

Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • װײַט vayt

    • 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

      vayt, veit, veyt

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