לײַבלעך

Yiddish

Etymology 1

From לײַב (layb, body) +‎ ־לעך (-lekh, -ly). Compare German leiblich.

Adjective

לײַבלעך • (layblekh)

  1. blood (of relatives)
    • 1967, Chaim Grade, צמח אַטלאַס [Tsemakh Atlas], volume 1, page 207:
      כאָטש זי איז געווען ר׳ הירשעס טאָכטער פון דער צווייטער פרוי, האָט מען זי אין בית־הרב ליב געהאַט ווי אַ לייבלעך אייניקל.
      khotsh zi iz geven r' hirshes tokhter fun der tsveyter froy, hot men zi in beys-horav lib gehat vi a layblekh eynikl.
      Although she was Reb Hirshe’s daughter from his second wife, everyone in the rabbi's household loved her as if she was their granddaughter by blood.
Declension
Declension of לײַבלעך
predicative לײַבלעך
layblekh
case masculine neuter feminine plural
indefinite definite post./nom.
nominative לײַבלעכער
layblekher
לײַבלעך
layblekh
לײַבלעכע
layblekhe
לײַבלעכס
layblekhs
לײַבלעכע
layblekhe
לײַבלעכע
layblekhe
accusative לײַבלעכן
layblekhn
dative לײַבלעכן
layblekhn
לײַבלעכער
layblekher

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

לײַבלעך • (layblekhn pl

  1. plural of לײַבל (laybl)