lek

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Pronunciation 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Verb 1.5.1 Usage notes 1.6 Anagrams 2 Albanian 2.1 Noun 3 Dutch 3.1 Noun 3.2 Adjective 3.3 Verb form 4 Polish 4.1 Etymology 1 4.1.1 Noun 4.1.1.1 Declension 4.1.1.2 Synonyms 4.2 Etymology 2 4.2.1 Noun 4.2.1.1 Declension 5 Serbo-Croatian 5.1 Alternative forms 5.2 Etymology 5.3 Noun 5.3.1 Declension 5.4 References 6 Slovene 6.1 Noun 7 Swedish 7.1 Pronunciation 7.2 Noun 7.3 Verb 8 Tok Pisin 8.1 Etymology 8.2 Noun

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Wikipedia

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• laike

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From Old Norse

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• IPA: /lɛk/

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lek (plural leks)

1. (biology) An aggregation of male animals for the purposes of courtship and display.
2. The currency unit of Albania, divided into 100 qindarka.

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to lek (third-person singular simple present leks, present participle lekking, simple past and past participle lekked)

1. (Yorkshire) to play

   t’lads are lekkin in t’park.

2. (biology) courtship and display behaviour in a lek.

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The Yorkshire dialect word is rarely written & is pronounced differently in the different Ridings of Yorkshire.

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• Anagrams of ekl
• elk

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lek

1. the local currency unit

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lek n. (plural lekken, diminutive lekje, diminutive plural lekjes)

1. leak

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lek, lekke (comparative lekker, lekkere; superlative lekst, lekste)

1. leaky

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lek

1. The first-person singular present of lekken.
2. The imperative of lekken.

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lek m.

1. medicine

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	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lek	leki
Genitive	leku	leków
Dative	lekowi	lekom
Accusative	lek	leki
Instrumental	lekiem	lekami
Locative	leku	lekach
Vocative	leku	leki

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• lekarstwo

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From Albanian lek

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lek m.

1. lek (currency)

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	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lek	leki
Genitive	leku	leków
Dative	lekowi	lekom
Accusative	lek	leki
Instrumental	lekiem	lekami
Locative	leku	lekach
Vocative	leku	leki

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• (Ijekavian): lijȇk

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From Proto-Slavic *lěkъ, borrowed from Gothic 𐌻𐌴𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍃 (lekeis), “‘physician’”)^[1]. Cf. Old Norse læknir, Old High German lahhi, Danish læge.

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lȇk m. (Cyrillic spelling ле̑к)

1. medicine

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• Notes:

1. ^ Petar Skok, Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika, Z., 1971, v. 2, p. 296: Obično se uzimlje da je praslavenska riječ posuđena iz gotske radne imenice lekeis

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lek

1. medicine

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lek c.

Inflection for lek	Singular		Plural
common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	lek	leken	lekar	lekarna
Possessive form	leks	lekens	lekars	lekarnas

1. child's play; typically denotes pleasurable and less rule-bound games and activities
2. deck of cards

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lek

1. imperative of leka

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[edit] Tok Pisin

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From English leg.

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lek

1. leg, foot
2. footprint