־לעך

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Yiddish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle High German -lich, from Old High German -līh, from Proto-Germanic *-līkaz (“having the body or form of”).

Suffix

־לעך • (-lekh)

  1. -ly, -like (adjectival suffix)
  2. -ly, -like (adverbial suffix)
Declension
Declension of ־לעך
predicative ־לעך
-lekh
case masculine neuter feminine plural
indefinite definite post./nom.
nominative ־לעכער
-lekher 		־לעך
-lekh 		־לעכע
-lekhe 		־לעכס
-lekhs 		־לעכע
-lekhe 		־לעכע
-lekhe
accusative ־לעכן
-lekhn
dative ־לעכן
-lekhn 		־לעכער
-lekher
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Yiddish terms suffixed with ־לעך

Etymology 2

Borrowed from one or more Upper or Central German dialects,[1] from Middle High German -lech (which see),[2] which had come to be seen as a plural of -l.[3]

Suffix

־לעך • (-lekh) n pl

  1. plural of ־ל (-l)
Descendants
  • Hebrew: ־לך (-lakh)

References

  1. ^ Alexander Beider, Origins of Yiddish Dialects (2015)
  2. ^ Fritz Hastenpflug, Das Diminutiv in der deutschen Originalliteratur des 12. und 13. Jahrhunderts (1914)
  3. ^ Peter O. Müller, Substantiv-Derivation in den Schriften Albrecht Dürers, §II.1.4.21 (p. 378)
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