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לעבעדיק
‘lively’

לעבעדיק
'lively'

ETYMOLOGY

Vowel 25, Proto-Yiddish ✱ɛ

WESTERN

Holland (Netherlands)

Lebendig {HOLLAND, Beem, Jerosche}
- E jerŏsche bei le'bendigem leib. 'Said of somebody who gives away his precious things (especially jewelry) while still living.' {Jerosche №381}
- Lebendig abgehobben. 'Undressed while still alive. Said of someone who is persuaded to give up his possessions before his death. Abgehobben from abheiben = to take and undress a dead person from his deathbed.' {Jerosche №549}

Oyberland (West Transcarpathian)

ly̆stəglébədəg לוסטיק־לעבעדיק {WTCP, Berettyó-Újfalu, 47212}

CENTRAL

HASIDIC

AMERICA

finem aybign leybedign almekhtign bashefer פֿונעם אייביקן לעבעדיקן אַלמעכטיקן באַשעפֿער {Assouline 2014: 180}

EUROPE

lejbədɩk {Vienna, Eidel Malowicki}