שלאַף

See also: שלאָף

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

  • (YIVO) IPA(key): /ʃlaf/

Adjective

שלאַף • (shlaf)

  1. (Southeastern) very ill
  2. (Northeastern) weak
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