שלאַף

ETYMOLOGY

MHG slaf; from OHG slaf; zero-grade adjective from the verb שלאָפֿן (English sleep), but with the older maning 'weak'; cf. MLG slap 'weak, slack'; from PGmc ✱slapp/bōn- 'to be slack'; cf. Icelandic slapa 'to be slack', slapur 'weak'; from PIE ✱slobʰ-; cf. Polish słaby 'weak'; Russian сла́бый; from Proto-Slavic ✱slàbъ 'weak'; Lithuanian slãbnas; also PIE ✱lh₂b-eh₂-, ✱leh₂b-e/o-, ✱leh₂-beh₁-; cf, Latin lābor 'to slip'.

CENTRAL

Unterland (East Transcarpathian)

šlaf {שוואַך, האָט קיין כּוח ניט} {ETCP, Nyzhnya Apsha, 48233}

šʎaf {POLAND, Wolbrom, 50196}