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Yiddish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Related to or derived from לעקן (lekn, “to lick”). See English lekach and Hebrew לקח (lékakh) for more.
Pronunciation
Noun
לעקעך • (lekekh) m, plural לעקעכן (lekekhn) or לעקעכער (lekekher), diminutive לעקעכל (lekekhl)
- a Jewish spiced honeycake, lekach
- sponge cake, pound cake
- (more generally) cake
- Synonyms: טאָרט (tort), קוכן (kukhn)
- (US) coffee cake
- (geometry) diamond (shape), rhombus
- Synonym: ראָמב (romb)
- (card games) diamond
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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