"לאה" meaning in Yiddish

See לאה in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: leye [romanization], leyele [romanization]
Etymology: From Hebrew לֵאָה. Etymology templates: {{der|yi|he|לֵאָה}} Hebrew לֵאָה Head templates: {{head|yi|proper noun|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr=leye}} לאה • (leye) f, {{yi-proper noun|dim=לאהלע|dimtr=leyele|g=f|tr=leye}} לאה • (leye) f, diminutive לאהלע (leyele)
  1. (biblical) Leah
    Sense id: en-לאה-yi-name-E3PPVsJI Categories (other): Biblical characters, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 17 32 17 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 32 16 35 Disambiguation of Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 45 55 Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion
  2. a female given name, equivalent to English Leah
    Sense id: en-לאה-yi-name-4t9IS3~5 Categories (other): Yiddish female given names, Yiddish given names, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Yiddish entries with incorrect language header, Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Yiddish terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 17 32 17 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 32 16 35 Disambiguation of Yiddish entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Yiddish terms with redundant script codes: 29 71
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