| -y {suffix} (forming diminutive nouns) | :: ־ון {m} /-ón/, ־ית {f} /-ít/ |
| ya ba {n} | :: יאבה |
| yacht {n} (slick and light ship) | :: יאכטה {f} /yakhta/ |
| yacht {n} (any private noncommercial vessel) | :: יכטה {f} /yakhta/ |
| Yael {prop} (female given name) SEE: Jael | :: |
| yah {adv} (yes) SEE: yes | :: |
| yahrzeit {n} ((Judaism) anniversary of a person's death) | :: נחלה {f} /nakhalá/ |
| Yahweh {prop} (personal name of God) | :: יהוה {m} |
| Yahweh {prop} (Jehovah) SEE: Jehovah | :: |
| Yair {prop} (male given name) SEE: Jair | :: |
| yak {n} (ox-like mammal) | :: יאק |
| Yakut {prop} (language) | :: יקוטית |
| Yakutsk {prop} (city in Russia) | :: יקוטסק |
| yale {n} (mythical beast) | :: ייל |
| y'all {pron} (plural of you) | :: אתם /atem/, אתן /aten/ |
| Yalta {prop} (city in Crimea) | :: ילטה |
| yam {n} (potato) SEE: potato | :: |
| yam {n} (sweet potato) SEE: sweet potato | :: |
| Yamoussoukro {prop} (official/administrative capital of Ivory Coast) | :: ימוסוקרו /yamusukro/, יאמוסוקרו /yamusukro/ |
| Yandex {prop} (Yandex (in other scripts, the trademark may also be written in Roman letters)) | :: יאנדקס {m} /yandeks/ |
| Yangon {prop} (largest city in Myanmar) | :: יאנגון /yangon/ |
| Yang-tzŭ {prop} (Yangtze) SEE: Yangtze | :: |
| Yangtze {prop} (river) | :: יאנגצה |
| Yanukovych {prop} (Ukrainian surname) | :: ינוקוביץ |
| yaoi {n} (form of hentai involving two or more males in a homosexual relationship) | :: יאוי |
| Yaoundé {prop} (capital of Cameroon) | :: יאונדה /yaundeh/ |
| yard {n} (land around a house) | :: חצר {m} /ẖatzér/ |
| yard {n} (nautical: tapered timber from which square sails hang) | :: סקריה {f} /skaryah/ |
| Yard {prop} (Jamaica) SEE: Jamaica | :: |
| yarligh {n} (khan's decree) | :: יארליק {m} /yarlik/ |
| yarmulke {n} (skullcap worn by religious Jewish males) | :: כפה {f} /kipá/ |
| yarn {n} (fiber strand for knitting or weaving) | :: צמר {m} /tsémer/ |
| Yaroslavl {prop} (city) | :: ירוסלבל |
| yawn {v} (open the mouth and take a deep breath) | :: פהק /pihek/ |
| yawn {n} (the action of yawning) | :: פהוק {m} /pihuk/ |
| Yazdegerd {prop} (given name) | :: יזדגרד /Yazdgerd/ |
| yeah, right {interj} (sarcasm to express disbelief) | :: עלק /álek/ |
| year {n} (time it takes for the Earth to complete one revolution around the Sun) | :: שנה {f} /shaná/ |
| yearbook {n} | :: ספר מחזור /sefer machzor/ |
| yearn {v} (to have a strong desire; to long) | :: השתוקק /hishtokék/, כמה /kamáh/ |
| yearning {n} (wistful or melancholy longing) | :: כיסופים /kisufim/ |
| yeast {n} (fungus) | :: שמרים {m-p} /sh'marím/ |
| yeast {n} (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) | :: שמרים |
| yech {interj} (yuck) SEE: yuck | :: |
| Yehuda {prop} (male given name) SEE: Judah | :: |
| Yehudit {prop} (female given name) SEE: Judith | :: |
| Yekaterinburg {prop} (city in Russia) | :: יקטרינבורג {m} |
| yell {v} (shout (verb)) | :: צרח /tsaráḥ/ |
| yellow {adj} (having yellow as its colour) | :: צהוב \ צהב /tsahóv/ |
| yellow {adj} (lacking courage) | :: פחדן {m} /pahdan/ |
| yellow {n} (colour) | :: צהוב {m} /tsahóv/, צהובה {f} /tshubá/ |
| yellow {v} (to become yellow or more yellow) | :: הצהיב /hets'hiv/ |
| yellow card {n} (card in sports) | :: כרטיס צהוב {m} /kartís tsahóv/ |
| yellowish {adj} (somewhat yellow) | :: צהבהב /ts'havháv/ |
| yellow-legged gull {n} (Larus michahellis) | :: שחף צהוב-רגל |
| Yellow Sea {prop} (Asian sea) | :: הים הצהוב {m} /ha-yam ha-tsahóv/ |
| Yemen {prop} (Republic of Yemen) | :: תימן {f} /teimán/ |
| Yerevan {prop} (the capital and largest city of Armenia) | :: ירוואן \ ירון {f} /yerevan/ |
| yermulke {n} (yarmulke) SEE: yarmulke | :: |
| yes {particle} (word used to indicate agreement or acceptance) | :: כן /ken/ |
| yes {particle} (word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement) | :: דווקא כן /dávka (dáfka, colloquial) kén/ |
| yes {interj} | :: יש! /yesh!/ |
| yeshiva {n} (academy for the advanced study of Jewish texts) | :: ישיבה {f} /y'shivá/ |
| yes-no {particle} (particle used to form yes-no questions) | :: האם {m} /ha'ím/ [initial] |
| yesterday {n} (day before today) | :: אתמול /'etmól/, [formally or poetic] אמש /'émesh/ |
| yesterday {adv} (on the day before today) | :: אתמול /'etmól/ |
| yesterday night {n} (last night) SEE: last night | :: |
| yesteryear {n} (last year, see also: last year) | :: אשתקד /eshtakád/ |
| yet {conj} (nevertheless; however) | :: עוד /od/, אך /'akh/ |
| yet {adv} (even) SEE: even | :: |
| yeti {n} (unidentified animal) | :: יטי |
| Yevgeny {prop} (given name) | :: יבגני /yevgéni/ |
| YHWH {prop} (יהוה (tetragrammaton)) | :: יהוה {m} |
| Yiddish {adj} (of or pertaining to the Yiddish language) | :: אידישאי /idishai/ |
| Yiddish {prop} (language) | :: יידיש /yidish/, אידיש /idish/ |
| Yiddish {adj} (Jewish) SEE: Jewish | :: |
| Yiddishkeit {n} | :: יידישקייט {m} /yidishkayt/ |
| yin-yang {n} (vagina) SEE: vagina | :: |
| Yitzchak {prop} (given name) SEE: Isaac | :: |
| Yoda {prop} (A wise old Jedi Master in the Star Wars films) | :: יודה |
| yodh {n} (Semitic letter) | :: יוד /yod/, יוד /yud/ [colloquial] |
| yoga {n} (Hindu discipline) | :: יוגה /yoga/ |
| yoghurt cheese {n} (labneh) SEE: labneh | :: |
| yogurt {n} (a milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process) | :: יוגורט {m} /yogurt/ |
| yoke {n} (wooden bar) | :: על {m} /ʿol/, צמד {m} /ṣemeḏ/ |
| yoke {n} (pair of animals) | :: צמד {m} /ṣemeḏ/, פדן {m} /paddān/ |
| yoke {n} (a burden; something which represses or restrains a person) | :: על {m} /ʿol/ |
| Yokohama {prop} (a city of Japan) | :: יוקוהמה /yokohama/ |
| yolk {n} (yellow of egg) | :: חלמון {m} /khelmón/ |
| Yom Kippur {prop} (Day of Atonement) | :: יום כפור /yom kippúr/ |
| yoni {n} | :: יוני |
| Yonne {prop} (départment of Bourgogne) | :: יון {m} /yon/ |
| yore {n} (time long past) | :: קדם {m} /qédem/ |
| York {prop} (city in North Yorkshire) | :: יורק |
| Yorkshire {prop} (former large county) | :: יורקשייר {m} /yurqshiyr/ |
| Yoshkar-Ola {prop} (capital of Mari El, Russia) | :: יושקר-אולה |
| you {pron} (object pronoun: the group being addressed) | :: אתכם {m} /etkhém/ [accusative], לכם {m} /lakhém/ [dative], אתכן {f} /etkhén/ [accusative], לכן {f} /lakhén/ [dative] |
| you {pron} (object pronoun: the person being addressed) | :: אותך {m} /otkhá/ [accusative], לך {m} /lekhá/ [dative], אותך {f} /otákh/ [accusative], לך {f} /lákh/ [dative] |
| you {pron} (subject pronoun: the group being addressed) | :: אתם {m-p} /attém/, אתן {f-p} /attén/ |
| you {pron} (subject pronoun: the person being addressed) | :: אתה {m} /'atá/, את {f} /'at/ |
| you {determiner} (the individual or group spoken/written to) | :: אתה {m} /attáh/, את {f} /att/, אתם {m-p} /attém/, אתן {f-p} /attén/ |
| you {determiner} (used before epithets for emphasis) | :: יא /ya/ [slang] |
| you and whose army {phrase} (you can't do all that on your own) | :: אתה והצבא של מי? /'atá veha-tsavá shel mí?/ [to masc sg], את והצבא של מי? /at veha-tsavá shel mí? / [to fem sg] |
| you are welcome {phrase} (you're welcome) SEE: you're welcome | :: |
| you can say that again {phrase} (that is very true) | :: ועוד איך (ve-od eikh) |
| you can't judge a book by its cover {proverb} (it is not possible to judge things by external appearances alone) | :: אל תסתכל בקנקן אלא במה שיש בו /ál tistakél baqanqán, éla bamé sheyésh bó/ |
| you-know-who {pron} (known and unmentioned person) | :: אתה-יודע-מי /ata-yodea-mi/ [said to m sg], את-יודעת-מי /at-yoda'at-mi/ [said to f sg], אתם-יודעי-מי /atem-yod'ei-mi/ [said to m pl], אתן-יודעות-מי /aten-yod'ot-mi/ [said to f pl] |
| young {adj} (in the early part of life or growth) | :: צעיר /tsa'ir/ |
| young {n} (people who are young) | :: צעיר /tsair/ |
| young camel {n} | :: בכר {m} /békher/ |
| young man {n} (youth) SEE: youth | :: |
| Young's modulus {n} (coefficient of elasticity of a solid) | :: מודול האלסטיות |
| your {determiner} (belonging to you (singular; one owner)) | :: [common] שלך {m} /shelkha/, שלך {f} /shelakh/, [formal] ־ך {m} /-kha/, ־ך {f} /-akh/-ekh/ |
| your {determiner} (belonging to you (plural; more owners)) | :: שלכם /shelakhém/, שלכן /shelakhén/, ־כם /-khém/, ־כן /-khén/ |
| you're welcome {phrase} (reply to thanks) | :: בבקשה /b'vakashá/ (please), על לא דבר /al lo davár/ (it’s nothing), אין בעד מה (it’s nothing) |
| Your Majesty {pron} (Title of respect) | :: הוד מעלתך {m} /hod ma'alatkhá/ |
| your mileage may vary {phrase} (this is just my opinion, see also: there's no accounting for taste) | :: זו רק דעתי /zo rak da'ati/ |
| you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours {proverb} (if you do me a favor then I will do you a favor) | :: שמור לי ואשמור לך, יד רוחצת יד, טובה תחת טובה |
| youth {n} (quality or state of being young) | :: נעורים {m-p} /ne'urím/ |
| youth {n} (young person) | :: נער /ná'ar/ |
| youth {n} (young man) | :: בחור {m} /bakhúr/ |
| youth {n} (young persons, collectively) | :: נוער / נער {m} /nó'ar/ |
| youth hostel {n} (an inexpensive supervised lodging place, primarily for young people) | :: בית הארחה {f} /Beit HaAra'xa/ |
| YouTube {prop} (a video-sharing website) | :: יוטיוב {m} /yutyub/ |
| YouTuber {n} (YouTube video creator) | :: יוטיובר {m} |
| yo-yo {n} (toy) | :: יו־יו /yoyo/ |
| ytterbium {n} (chemical element) | :: איטרביום /itérbiyum/ |
| yttrium {n} (chemical element) | :: איטריום {m} /ítriyum/ |
| yuan {n} (basic unit of money in China) | :: יואן {m} /yuan/ |
| Yucatán {prop} (a peninsula in North America) | :: חצי האי יוקטן |
| yuck {interj} (uttered to indicate disgust) | :: איכס /iks/, פוי /fui/ |
| Yugoslavia {prop} (former country in the Balkans) | :: יוגוסלביה |
| yuppie {n} (young upwardly mobile urban professional person) | :: יאפי {m} /yápi/ |
| yurt {n} (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) | :: יורט {m} /yurt/ |
| Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk {prop} (city in Russia) | :: יוז'נו-סחלינסק {m} |
