Hebrew edit

Verb edit

עִלֵּף (iléf) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of עילף

Yiddish edit

Yiddish numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: עלף (elf)
    Ordinal: עלפֿט (elft)
    Fractional: עלפֿטל (elftl)

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle High German einlif, from Old High German einlif, from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *ainalif.

Numeral edit

עלף (elf)

  1. eleven

Etymology 2 edit

From English elf, at least partly via German Elf.

Noun edit

עלף (elfm, plural עלפֿן (elfn)

  1. (literary) elf (mythical creature)