אומהיימלעך

Yiddish

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German unheimlich, from Old High German *unheimlīh. By surface analysis, אומ־ (um-) +‎ היימלעך (heymlekh), further from היים (heym) +‎ ־לעך (-lekh). Compare German unheimlich.

Adjective

אומהיימלעך • (umheymlekh)

1. creepy, eerie
2. uncanny

   Synonyms: נישט־⁠היימלעך (nisht-⁠heymlekh), טשודנע (tshudne), געהײַריש (gehayrish)

Declension

Declension of אומהיימלעך

predicative					אומהיימלעך umheymlekh
case	masculine	neuter			feminine	plural
		indefinite	definite	post./nom.
nominative	אומהיימלעכער umheymlekher	אומהיימלעך umheymlekh	אומהיימלעכע umheymlekhe	אומהיימלעכס umheymlekhs	אומהיימלעכע umheymlekhe	אומהיימלעכע umheymlekhe
accusative	אומהיימלעכן umheymlekhn
dative			אומהיימלעכן umheymlekhn		אומהיימלעכער umheymlekher

References

• Justus van de Kamp et al., “אומהײמלעך” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). [1].
• Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “uncanny”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
• Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “creepy”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN