"-lech" meaning in Middle High German

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        "(dialectal) suffix used to form singular and plural nouns with collective and diminutive meaning"
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        {
          "word": "-lach"
        },
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          "word": "-lich"
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          "word": "-lêhe"
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    {
      "word": "-lach"
    },
    {
      "word": "-lich"
    },
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      "word": "-lêhe"
    }
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}