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עלף

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Hebrew

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Verb

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עִלֵּף (iléf) (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of עילף

Yiddish

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Yiddish numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: עלף (elf)
    Ordinal: עלפֿט (elft)
    Fractional: עלפֿטל (elftl)

Etymology 1

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From Middle High German einlif, from Old High German einlif, from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *ainalif.

Numeral

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עלף (elf)

  1. eleven

Etymology 2

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From English elf, at least partly via German Elf.

Noun

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עלף (elfm, plural עלפֿן (elfn)

  1. (literary) elf (mythical creature)