héiflech
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From German höflich, from Middle High German hövelich, from hof (“court”) + -lich, equivalent to Luxembourgish Haff + -lech. In view of the vocalism an older borrowing, but it cannot be a native descendant of the Middle High German.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhei̯fleχ/, [ˈhɜɪ̯fləɕ]
Adjective
héiflech (masculine héiflechen, neuter héiflecht, comparative méi héiflech, superlative am héiflechsten)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | hien ass | si ass | et ass | si si(nn) | |
| nominative / accusative |
attributive and/or after determiner | héiflechen | héiflecht | ||
| independent without determiner | héifleches | héiflecher | |||
| dative | after any declined word | héiflechen | héiflecher | héiflechen | héiflechen |
| as first declined word | héiflechem | héiflechem | |||