lech

== English == === Etymology 1 === Back-formation from lecher. ==== Alternative forms ==== letch ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /lɛt͡ʃ/ Rhymes: -ɛtʃ ==== Noun ==== lech (plural leches) (slang) A strong, lecherous desire or craving. (slang) A lecher. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== lech (third-person singular simple present leches, present participle leching, simple past and past participle leched) (slang) To behave lecherously. === Etymology 2 === From Welsh llech (“slate, slab”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /lɛk/ Rhymes: -ɛk ==== Noun ==== lech (plural lechs) The capstone of a cromlech. === Anagrams === Chel, HELC == Middle High German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈleːx/ === Verb === lēch first/third-person singular past indicative of līhen == Old Czech == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lęxъ. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈlɛx/ IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈlɛx/ === Noun === lech m pers chief (leader or co-leader of a tribe) ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Czech: lech === Further reading === Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “lech”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění == Old Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlet͡ʃ/ === Noun === lech f (usually uncountable) apocopic form of leche, milk c. 1200, Alerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 12r. == Welsh == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /leːχ/ === Noun === lech soft mutation of llech (“slate”) === Mutation ===