lech

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lech"

English

Etymology 1

Back-formation from lecher.

Alternative forms

• letch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛt͡ʃ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɛtʃ

Noun

lech (plural leches)

1. (slang) A strong, lecherous desire or craving.
2. (slang) A lecher.

Derived terms

• lechfest
• lechy

Translations

lecher

• German: Lustmolch (de) m

Verb

lech (third-person singular simple present leches, present participle leching, simple past and past participle leched)

1. (slang) To behave lecherously.

Etymology 2

From Welsh llech (“slate, slab”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɛk

Noun

lech (plural lechs)

1. The capstone of a cromlech.

Anagrams

• Chel, HELC

Middle High German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈleːx/

Verb

lēch

1. first/third-person singular past indicative of līhen

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lęxъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈlɛx/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈlɛx/

Noun

lech m pers

1. chief (leader or co-leader of a tribe)
   • 14th century, Dalimilova kronika‎^[1]:

     V téj zemi bieše lech, jemužto jmě bieše Čech.

     There was a chief in the land, whose name was Čech.

Declension

Declension of lech (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	lech	lechy	leši, lechové
genitive	lecha	lechú	lechóv
dative	lechu, lechovi	lechoma	lechóm
accusative	lecha	lechy	lechy
vocative	leše	lechy	leši, lechové
locative	lechu, lechovi	lechú	lešiech
instrumental	lechem	lechoma	lechy

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.

Descendants

• Czech: lech

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “lech”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Old Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlet͡ʃ/

Noun

lech f (usually uncountable)

1. apocopic form of leche, milk
   • c. 1200, Alerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 12r.

     […] e di apparecim ati. por enpararle de mano de los egipcios. por ſacarlo deſta tiera. E leuarlo ala tierra buena ⁊ ampla. Q̃ mana lech. ⁊ miel. […]

     [ […] e di “Apparecí-m a ti por emparar-le de mano de los egipcios, por sacar-lo d'esta tiera, e levar-lo a la tierra buena e ampla que mana lech e miel.” […] ]

     “ […] And say, ‘I have appeared to you to deliver them from the hand of the Egyptians [and] to bring them out of that land and take them to the land good and broad that flows with milk and honey.’ […] ”

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leːχ/

Noun

lech

1. soft mutation of llech (“slate”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of llech

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
llech	lech	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.