lu yetzuuyar

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Definitions

  • conj. “Used to introduce a clause with the implication “in the event that”: (EVEN) IF.” (Weiser)

  • conj. Assuming.

Example Sentences

  • “It's so late that, lu yetzuuyar I left right now, I'd still miss the chupa.” (Weiser)

  • “Lu yetzuuyar that ois-varf is telling the truth about why he left the last yeshiva, I still wouldn't let him learn here.” (Weiser)

  • "Even lu yetzuyar it WAS holy (which it isn’t, according to my Rebbe muvhak, but I like Brisker lu yitzuyars), it could be that the Litvishe mesorah was NOT to make Yiddish holy because it would be giving credence to the Bundists." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew

Etymology

  • לו יצוייר

      • 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

      lu yetzuyar, yetsuuyar, lu yetsuyar

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