באַשטיין

Yiddish

Etymology

From Middle High German bestān, bestēn, from Old High German bistān, from Proto-Germanic *bistandaną, *bistāną. Cognate with German bestehen, Dutch bestaan. Equivalent to באַ־‎ (ba-) +‎ שטיין‎ (shteyn).

Pronunciation

  • (Litvish)
    • (Stam-Litvish) IPA(key): /baʃteɪn/
    • (Kurlender) IPA(key): /baʃtæin/
  • (Poylish)
    • (Stam-Poylish, Ungarish) IPA(key): /baʃtain/,
  • (Klal-Shprakh) IPA(key): /baʃtein/

Verb

באַשטיין • (bashteyn) (past participle באַשטאַנען‎ (bashtanen))

  1. to consist (to be composed (of))
  2. to consent, agree
    Synonyms: צושטימען‎ (tsushtimen), אײַנשטימען‎ (aynshtimen), שטימען‎ (shtimen), אײַנוויליקן‎ (aynvilikn), מסכּים זײַן‎ (maskem zayn), דורכקומען זיך (durkhkumen zikh), אָפמאַכן‎ (opmakhn), סאָלידאַריזירן זיך (solidarizirn zikh)
  3. to insist on, press for (optionally with אויף‎ (oyf))
    ‏ווילנע מוז איר כּבֿוד באַשטיין!‎‎
    Vilne muz ir koved bashteyn!
    Vilnius must insist on her honour!
  4. to depend on (with אין‎ (in))
  5. to be equal to, alike (with פֿאַר‎ (far) or קעגן‎ (kegn))

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • באַשטיין זײַן שטעטל‎ (bashteyn zayn shtetl)
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