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

(Klal-Shprakh) IPA^(key): /ʃlaf/

Adjective

⁧שלאַף⁩ • (shlaf)

(Ukraine) very ill
(Lithuania) weak

Related terms

⁧פֿאַרשלאַף⁩ (farshlaf)
⁧שלאַפֿקײַט⁩ (shlafkayt)

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