לאָזן

From Middle High German lāzzen, from Old High German lāzan, from Proto-West Germanic *lātan, from Proto-Germanic *lētaną. Compare German lassen.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɫɔzn̩/
• (dialectal) IPA^(key): /ˈɫɔn/

לאָזן • (lozn) (past participle געלאָזט (gelozt))

1. to let, allow

• The past participle געלאָזן (gelozn) also exists.
• Similar to German לאָזן זיך can be used to mean: "allow one to X the subject" ער לאז זיך נישט שפייען אין דער קאַשע - he does not allow others to spit in his buckwheat porridge. - he's no pushover.
• לאָזן זיך can also mean "to release from an obligation" זי לאָז זיך נישט פון עפעס נאָר ווײַל עס איז שווער - she doesn't free herself from her obligation just because something is hard

• אָפּלאָזן (oplozn, “to let go”)
• אַראָפּלאָזן (aroplozn, “to turn down, lower, let down; to launch”)
• דערלאָזן (derlozn)
• לאָמיך (lomikh, “let me”)
• לאָמיר (lomir, “let's”)
• פֿאַרלאָזן (farlozn, “to leave behind, abandon”)
• פֿאַרבײַלאָזן (farbaylozn)