שלאַף

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Yiddish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German slaf, from Old High German slaf, from Proto-Germanic *slap-, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₂b- (to be weak, limp, languid). Compare German schlaff.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Klal-Shprakh) IPA(key): /ʃlaf/

Adjective[edit]

שלאַף (shlaf)

  1. (Ukraine) very ill
  2. (Lithuania) weak

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