shluffy
Pronunciations
shluffy | (SHLUH-fee) | listen |
Definitions
v. [To go] to sleep (child-directed speech).
Example Sentences
"Dovid, it's time to go shluffy."
Languages of Origin
- Yiddish
- English
Etymology
Yiddish שלאָפֿן shlofn 'to sleep' (שלאָפֿן גײן shlofn geyn 'to go to sleep') (verbal stem is שלאָף shlof), with English -y suffix
- Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
- Jews: Jews of diverse religious backgrounds and organizational involvements
- Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage
- North America
- Great Britain
- Australia / New Zealand
- The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
- Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).
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Alternative Spellings
shloffy, shlufy, shlofy
Notes
Exclusively used with children
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