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Yiddish
Etymology
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
- (Klal-Shprakh) IPA(key): /ʃlaf/
Adjective
שלאַף • (shlaf)
- (Ukraine) very ill
- (Lithuania) weak