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חלשות

חלשות
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WESTERN

Old Literary Yiddish (ca. 1100-1800)

זונדר אמאלט איז חלשיתֿ אויף דען בחור קומין צו צייט.
'except that sometimes a fainting spell came over the young man'

Holland (Netherlands)

challôsches! 'Nausea, disgust (exclamation).' {HOLLAND, Beem, Jerosche, №89}
- Isch krieg er es challôsches von. 'It makes me sick.'
- E pietsie genoss, e lange challôsches. 'A little pleasure, a long trouble. Said of someone who for a little fun risks major difficulties or troubles. Also sometimes of an unmarried mother.' {Jerosche №254}