־לעך
Yiddish
Etymology 1
From Middle High German -lich, from Old High German -līh, from Proto-Germanic *-līkaz (“having the body or form of”).
Declension
Declension of ־לעך
predicative | ־לעך -lekh | |||||
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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 |
Derived terms
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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]
References
- Alexander Beider, Origins of Yiddish Dialects (2015)
- Fritz Hastenpflug, Das Diminutiv in der deutschen Originalliteratur des 12. und 13. Jahrhunderts (1914)
- Peter O. Müller, Substantiv-Derivation in den Schriften Albrecht Dürers, §II.1.4.21 (p. 378)
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