־ל

Etymology
From, from , from. Compare 🇨🇬, dialectal 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬.

Suffix
, plural



Usage notes

 * In general, Yiddish abhors forming diminutives with nouns or roots of nouns ending in . This may be handled one of two ways:
 * 1) Replace  with  with or without formation of umlaut, e.g., or.
 * 2) Insert a consonant between  and . This is most commonly  or, e.g.  or . This also applies when the noun ends in a vowel, but the last consonant of the word is , e.g. . In this case, the plural form becomes  or.
 * Note that some nouns use both forms as diminutives, e.g. or, albeit often with different senses.