־לעך

Yiddish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɫəχ/

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)

-ly, -like (adjectival suffix)
-ly, -like (adverbial suffix)

Declension

Declension of ־לעך


predicative					־לעך -lekh
case	masculine	neuter			feminine	plural
case	masculine	indefinite	definite	post./nom.	feminine	plural
nominative	־לעכער -lekher	־לעך -lekh	־לעכע -lekhe	־לעכס -lekhs	־לעכע -lekhe	־לעכע -lekhe
accusative	־לעכן -lekhn		־לעכע -lekhe	־לעכס -lekhs	־לעכע -lekhe
dative	־לעכן -lekhn		־לעכן -lekhn		־לעכער -lekher

Alternative forms

־ליך (-likh)

Derived terms

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

plural of ־ל (-l)

Descendants

Hebrew: ־לך (-lakh)

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)

[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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