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)

1. (Ukraine) very ill
2. (Lithuania) weak

Related terms

• פֿאַרשלאַף (farshlaf)
• שלאַפֿקײַט (shlafkayt)