Where does “לא” come from?
לא (Yiddish) comes from Hebrew לֹא — not, no; no, not.
לא (Yiddish): no, not so
Definitions
- no, not so
Ancestry of “לא”, step by step
לא traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hebrew לֹא
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hebrew | לֹא | not, no; no, not |
via Hebrew לא
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hebrew | לא | Not; used in negating verbs, adjectives, and adverbs |