לעקעך

Yiddish

Alternative forms

• לעקאַך (lekakh)

Etymology

Related to or derived from לעקן (lekn, “to lick”). See English lekach and Hebrew לקח (lékakh) for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɫɛkəχ/

Noun

לעקעך • (lekekh) m, plural לעקעכן (lekekhn) or לעקעכער (lekekher), diminutive לעקעכל (lekekhl)

1. a Jewish spiced honeycake, lekach
2. sponge cake, pound cake
3. (more generally) cake

   Synonyms: טאָרט (tort), קוכן (kukhn)

4. (US) coffee cake
5. (geometry) diamond (shape), rhombus

   Synonym: ראָמב (romb)

6. (card games) diamond

Derived terms

• אינגבער־לעקעך (ingber-lekekh, “gingerbread”)
• האָניק־לעקעך (honik-lekekh, “honey cake”)
• לעקעך־און־בראָנפֿן (lekekh-un-bronfn, “reception”)
• לעקעכל (lekekhl, “cookie”)
• צוקער־לעקעך (tsuker-lekekh, “sponge cake”)
• ווײַסל־לעקעך (vaysl-lekekh, “angel food cake”)

Descendants

• → English: lekach

References

• Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “לעקעך”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
• Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “pound cake”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN