lech
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English
Etymology 1
Back-formation from lecher.
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Pronunciation
Noun
lech (plural leches)
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Translations
Verb
lech (third-person singular simple present leches, present participle leching, simple past and past participle leched)
- (slang) To behave lecherously.
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
lech (plural lechs)
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Old Spanish
Pronunciation
Noun
lech f (usually uncountable)
- 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 to bring them out of that land and take them to the land good and broad that flows with milk and honey.’ ”
- c. 1200, Alerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 12r.
Welsh
Pronunciation
Noun
lech
- Soft mutation of llech (“slate”).
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| llech | lech | unchanged | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||