lech

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See also: Lech, -lech, lệch, and ḻec̱h

English

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Etymology 1

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Back-formation from lecher.

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Noun

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lech (plural leches)

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

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

  1. (slang) To behave lecherously.

Etymology 2

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From Welsh llech (slate, slab).

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Noun

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lech (plural lechs)

  1. The capstone of a cromlech.

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Old Czech

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lęxъ.

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Noun

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lech m pers

  1. chief (leader or co-leader of a tribe)

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Old Spanish

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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. []
      [] 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

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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lech

  1. Soft mutation of llech (slate).

Mutation

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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.