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English

Etymology

From Bulgarian ??? (lev), a variant of ??? (l?v, “lion”). Doublet of Leo, leu, lion, and Lyon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?v/

Noun

lev (plural leva or levs)

1. The currency of Bulgaria, divided into 100 stotinki

Translations

References

Anagrams

• ELV, vel

Czech

Etymology

From Old Czech lev, from Proto-Slavic *l?v?, from Proto-Indo-European *lewo-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?l?f]
• Hyphenation: lev
• Rhymes: -?f

Noun

lev m anim

1. lion
2. (heraldry) lion

Declension

Further reading

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

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hleifr, from Proto-Germanic *hlaibaz (“bread”), cognate with Swedish lev, English loaf, German Laib, Gothic ???????????????????????? (hlaifs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /le??v/, [?le??w], [?lew?]

Noun

lev c (singular definite leven, plural indefinite leve)

1. (archaic) bread

Inflection

References

• “Lev,1” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Etymology 2

From Bulgarian ??? (lev).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?f/, [?l?f]

Noun

lev c (singular definite leven, plural indefinite leva)

1. lef (currency in Bulgaria)

Inflection

References

• “lev” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /le??v/, [?le??w], [?lew?]

Verb

lev

1. imperative of leve

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

lev

1. imperative of leve

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

lev

1. imperative of leva

Old Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *l?v?, from Proto-Indo-European *lewo-.

Noun

lev m

1. lion

Declension

Descendants

• Czech: lev

Further reading

• “lev”, in Vokabulá? webový: webové hnízdo pramen? k poznání historické ?eštiny [online]?^[1], Praha: Ústav pro jazyk ?eský AV ?R, 2006–2020

Portuguese

Noun

lev m (plural levs)

1. lev (currency of Bulgaria)

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Sutsilvan) leav
• (Vallader) leiv

Etymology

From Latin levis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h?leng??- (“light”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?f/

Adjective

lev m (feminine singular leva, masculine plural levs, feminine plural levas)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) light (of weight)
2. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) easy

Synonyms

• (Puter, Vallader) liger

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?u?/
• Homophone: leu

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *l?v?, from Proto-Indo-European *lewo-.

Noun

lev m (genitive singular leva, nominative plural levy, genitive plural levov, declension pattern of chlap)

1. lion

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Bulgarian ??? (lev).

Noun

lev m (genitive singular leva, nominative plural levy, genitive plural levov, declension pattern of dub)

1. lev, currency of Bulgaria

Declension

References

• lev in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *l?v?, from Proto-Indo-European *lewo-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l???/

Noun

l?v m anim (female equivalent levínja)

1. lion

Inflection

Derived terms

• l?v?ek

Further reading

• “lev”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /le?v/

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish lever, from Old Norse hleifr, from Proto-Germanic *hlaibaz. Cognate with Icelandic hleifur, English loaf, German Laib.

Noun

lev c

1. a loaf of bread

Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

lev

1. imperative of leva.

Etymology 3

From Bulgarian ??? (lev, “lion”)

Noun

lev (plural leva)

1. lev, the currency of Bulgaria

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Veps

Etymology

From Russian ??? (lev).

Noun

lev

1. lion

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?k/
• IPA: /l?k/
• Rhymes: -?k

Alternative forms

• laike (Yorkshire)

Etymology 1

From Germanic roots meaning "play". In the biology sense, it comes specifically from Swedish lek (“child's play”), by means of Swedish leka (“to play”). The verb is first attested in English in 1871 and the noun at least as early as 1867.

Noun

lek (plural leks)

2. (biology) an aggregation of male animals for the purposes of courtship and display
   • 1975, Edward O. Wilson, Sociobiology: The New Synthesis, figure caption, 2000, page 333,

     Each of the three displaying cocks occupies a small territory at the mating center of the lek.

   • 2007, Kentwood D. Wells, The Ecology and Behavior of Amphibians, page 352,

     Nevertheless, it does appear that many of the processes of mate choice and sexual selection described for bird and mammal leks also apply to anuran choruses.

Translations

Verb

lek (third-person singular simple present leks, present participle lekking, simple past and past participle lekked)

1. (biology) to take part in the courtship and display behaviour of a lek
   • 1994, M. B. Andersson, Sexual Selection, page 164,

     Males in many lekking species have conspicuous morphological ornaments that may be targets of female choice, but male contest competition may also be involved.

   • 2000, George Barlow, The Cichlid Fishes: Nature's Grand Experiment In Evolution, page 79,

     The second reason lekking is so fascinating is because the males aggregate.

   • 2010, Boaz Yuval, Jorge Hendrichs 17: Behavior of Fruit Fly in the Genus Ceratitis (Dacinae: Ceratitidini), Martin Aluja, Allen Norrbom (editors), Fruit Flies (Tephritidae): Phylogeny and Evolution of Behavior, page 437,

     In a recent study (Yuval et al. 1998), the size and weight of males captured either lekking or resting at the same time in the vicinity of leks were measured.

   • 2010, Robert Michael Pyle, Mariposa Road: The First Butterfly Big Year, unnumbered page,

     Half a dozen of the thumbnail-size males lekked in a sunny glade.

2. (Britain, dialect, Yorkshire, colloquial) to play

Translations

Usage notes

The Yorkshire dialect word is rarely written and is pronounced differently in the different Ridings of Yorkshire. Compare laik, layk.

Etymology 2

From Albanian lek, named after Alexander the Great, whose name is often shortened to Leka in Albanian.

Noun

lek (plural leks or leku or lekë)

2. the currency unit of Albania, divided into 100 qindarka
   • 1992, Mario I. Bléjer, Albania: From Isolation Toward Reform, page 56,

     With the loss of control by the Government over foreign exchange surrender requirements and the almost complete depletion of foreign exchange reserves, in early 1992 the official rate was further devalued to leks 50 = $1.

   • 1997, Igor Artimiev, Gary J. Fine, Country Studies: Albania, Ira W. Lieberman, Stilpon S. Nestor, Raj M. Desai, Between State and Market: Mass Privatization in Transition Economies, page 178,

     Enterprise shares are sold at voucher auctions in exchange for either immaterial privatization leks (through a bank transfer from the bidder's privatization lek account) or through privatization vouchers, which are submitted at the time of bidding.

   • 2003, Iraj Hoshi, Ewa Balcerowicz, Leszek Balcerowicz, Barriers to Entry and Growth of New Firms in Early Transition, page 253,

     Value Added Tax is another tax imposed on all enterprises with a yearly turnover of more than 2 million Leks. VAT was introduced in the Albanian tax system in 1995 replacing the old turnover tax.

Translations

Anagrams

• Elk, Kel, elk

Albanian

Etymology

Named after Alexander the Great, whose name is often shortened to Leka in Albanian.

Noun

lek m (indefinite plural lekë, definite singular leku)

1. lek (the currency unit of Albania)

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch leken, from Old Dutch *lekan, from Proto-Germanic *lekan? (“to leak”). Or, from or related to laken (“to lack, blame”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?k

Noun

lek n (plural lekken, diminutive lekje n)

1. leak

Adjective

lek (comparative lekker, superlative lekst)

1. leaky

Inflection

Verb

lek

1. first-person singular present indicative of lekken
2. imperative of lekken

Anagrams

• elk

References

Isthmus Mixe

Noun

lek

1. toad

References

• Dieterman, Julia; McCarty, James Michael, Jr.; Castañón López, Victoriano; Castañón Eugenio, María Dolores (2018) Breve diccionario del mixe del Istmo: Mogoñé Viejo, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 52)?^[1] (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 37

Middle English

Noun

lek

1. Alternative form of leke

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse leikr.

Alternative forms

• leik (Nynorsk also)

Noun

lek m (definite singular leken, indefinite plural leker, definite plural lekene)

1. play, playing
2. a game, contest

Derived terms

Related terms

• leke

Etymology 2

From Albanian lek.

Noun

lek m (indeclinable)

1. the lek, currency of Albania.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

lek

1. imperative of leke

References

• “lek” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Anagrams

• kle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse leikr, through Middle Low German from Ancient Greek ?????? (laïkós, “popular”).

Adjective

lek (masculine and feminine lek, neuter lekt, definite singular and plural leke, comparative lekare, indefinite superlative lekast, definite superlative lekaste)

1. lay

Etymology 2

From Old Norse lekr.

Alternative forms

• (adjective and noun) lekk

Adjective

lek (masculine and feminine lek, neuter lekt, definite singular and plural leke, comparative lekare, indefinite superlative lekast, definite superlative lekaste)

1. leaky

Noun

lek m (definite singular leken, indefinite plural lekar, definite plural lekane)

1. a leak

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

lek

1. present tense of leka and leke
2. imperative of leka and leke

References

• “lek” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• elk, kle

Old Norse

Adjective

lek

1. inflection of lekr:
   1. positive degree strong feminine nominative singular
   2. positive degree strong neuter nominative/accusative plural

Verb

lek

1. inflection of leka:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?k/
• Homophone: leg

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *l?k?.

Noun

lek m inan

1. medicine

   Synonym: lekarstwo

Declension

Etymology 2

From Albanian lek.

Noun

lek m anim

1. lek (currency)

Declension

Further reading

• lek in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• lek in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Samoan Plantation Pidgin

Etymology

From English leg.

Noun

lek

1. leg, foot (of a human)
2. limb (of an animal)

References

• Ulrike Mosel, Tolai and Tok Pisin: the influence of the substratum on the development of New Guinea Pidgin (1980)

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• lij?k (Ijekavian)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *l?k?, borrowed from Gothic ???????????????????????? (l?keis, “physician”). Compare Old Norse læknir, Old High German lahhi, Danish læge.

Noun

l?k m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. medicine

Declension

Related terms

References

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lé?k/

Noun

l??k m inan

1. medicine

Inflection

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse leikr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [l?ie?k?]

Noun

lek c

1. child's play; typically denotes pleasurable and less rule-bound games and activities
2. deck of cards

Declension

Related terms

Verb

lek

1. imperative of leka. free play

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English leg.

Noun

lek

1. leg, foot
2. footprint
3. hindleg (of an animal)

References

• Ulrike Mosel, Tolai and Tok Pisin: the influence of the substratum on the development of New Guinea Pidgin (1980)

Tzotzil

Pronunciation

• (Zinacantán) IPA^(key): /l?k?/

Adjective

lek

1. good

   Antonym: chopol

Derived terms

(Verbal phrases)

• leklek ba

References

• Laughlin, Robert M. (1975) The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantán. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.

Zhuang

Alternative forms

• lik

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *?lek? (“iron”), from Old Chinese ? (OC *l??i??, “iron”). Cognate with Thai ????? (lèk), Lao ????? (lek), Shan ????? (lék), Tai Nüa ???? (l?k), Ahom ???????????????? (lik), Nong Zhuang liak. Doublet of diet.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /le?k??/
• Tone numbers: lek⁷
• Hyphenation: lek

Noun

lek (old orthography lek)

1. iron (metal).