־לעך

Yiddish

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)

  1. -ly, -like (adjectival suffix)
  2. -ly, -like (adverbial suffix)
Declension
Declension of ־לעך
predicative ־לעך
-lekh
case masculine neuter feminine plural
indefinite definite post./nom.
nominative ־לעכער‎
-lekher		 ־לעך
-lekh		 ־לעכע‎
-lekhe		 ־לעכס‎
-lekhs		 ־לעכע‎
-lekhe		 ־לעכע‎
-lekhe
accusative ־לעכן‎
-lekhn
dative ־לעכן‎
-lekhn		 ־לעכער‎
-lekher
Derived terms
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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

  1. Plural form of ־ל‎ (-l)

References
  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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