different between lesk vs lask

English

Alternative forms

• lisk

Etymology

Apparently of Scandinavian origin: compare Swedish ljumske, Danish lyske.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?sk/

Noun

lesk (plural lesks)

1. (dialectal) The loin; flank.
2. (dialectal) The groin.

Anagrams

• Elks, Kels, Selk, elks, leks

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *l?sk?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?l?sk]

Noun

lesk m inan

1. gloss, shine, sheen, luster

Related terms

• lesklý

Further reading

• lesk in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• lesk in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *leski. Cognate with Finnish leski and Votic lehtši.

Noun

lesk (genitive lese, partitive leske)

1. widow, widower

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

lesk

1. imperative of leske

Slovene

Noun

lesk

1. genitive dual/plural of leska

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *leski.

Noun

lesk

1. widower

Inflection

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007) , “??????”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovar? [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

English

Etymology

From Old Northern French *lasque, from lasker ‘to loosen’ (corresponding to standard Old French lascher > French lâcher).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l??sk/, /læsk/
• Rhymes: -æsk

Noun

lask (plural lasks)

1. Diarrhoea (now only of animals).
   • , New York Review of Books, 2001, p.263:

     A grave and learned minister, and an ordinary preacher at Alkmaar in Holland, was (one day as he walked in the fields for his recreation) suddenly taken with a lask or looseness, and thereupon compelled to retire to the next ditch […].

   • 1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician, Folio Society 2007, p. 150:

     The emulsion or decoction of the seed stays lasks and continual fluxes, eases the colic, and allays the troublesome humours in the bowels […].

Anagrams

• Salk, alks

Livonian

Alternative forms

• (Courland) laskõ

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *laskedak.

Verb

lask

1. let