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amother
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Post Tue, Aug 07 2018, 10:28 pm
Writing to settle a debate.

What does the Yiddish name “Leib” mean?

Lion? Heart? Both?

Second question: if there was a child named Lev would you name another in the same close family “Leb”?

Thank you!
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thunderstorm




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Aug 07 2018, 10:31 pm
Lieb is the Yiddish word for Aryeh- a lion

A heart is Lev in Hebrew and Hartz in yiddish
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amother
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Post Tue, Aug 07 2018, 10:32 pm
Areye/Leib means lion.
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amother
Cyan


 

Post Tue, Aug 07 2018, 10:39 pm
Thank you for the replies.

I always thought leibidik came from Lev in Hebrew. I knew Leib was lion but thought it may also mean heart. Thanks for straightening me out!
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amother
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Post Tue, Aug 07 2018, 10:44 pm
Doesn't leibedik come from "lieb" -- like life? I don't know any Yiddish, but that's what I always thought.

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WhatFor




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Aug 07 2018, 10:46 pm
smileforamile wrote:
Doesn't leibedik come from "lieb" -- like life? I don't know any Yiddish, but that's what I always thought.


Leib is lion, but I always thought that leib in leibedik would be from life (leben), as leibedik is lively.
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amother
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Post Tue, Aug 07 2018, 10:53 pm
Lebedig means lively. Leben-life. Entirely different word from Leib.
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amother
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Post Wed, Aug 08 2018, 1:48 am
I think in Russian Lev means wolf. But I may be getting the animal wrong. I know some Russian Israelis name their sons Lev because it goes in both languages.
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LovesHashem




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Aug 08 2018, 2:03 am
Leib is lion.
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WhatFor




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Aug 08 2018, 3:20 am
amother wrote:
I think in Russian Lev means wolf. But I may be getting the animal wrong. I know some Russian Israelis name their sons Lev because it goes in both languages.


Lev means lion in Russian.

Wolf in Yiddish is volf, not sure in Russian.
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zohar




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Aug 08 2018, 10:22 pm
Leib is a lion and hartz is a heart. But leeb (as in Leeba) is love.
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thunderstorm




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Aug 08 2018, 10:45 pm
smileforamile wrote:
Doesn't leibedik come from "lieb" -- like life? I don't know any Yiddish, but that's what I always thought.

Leibedig means "alive" or "lively" . The word lebedig comes from the word "Leiben" which means life.
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zaq




 
 
    
 

Post Thu, Aug 09 2018, 6:46 am
Wolf in Russian is Vladimir.
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