לעקעך
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Yiddish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- לעקאַך (lekakh)
Etymology[edit]
Related to or derived from לעקן (lekn, “to lick”). See English lekach and Hebrew לקח (lékakh) for more.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
לעקעך • (lekekh) m, plural לעקעכן (lekekhn) or לעקעכער (lekekher), diminutive לעקעכל (lekekhl)
- a Jewish spiced honeycake, lekach
- sponge cake, pound cake
- (more generally) cake
- (US) coffee cake
- (geometry) diamond (shape), rhombus
- Synonym: ראָמב (romb)
- (card games) diamond
Derived terms[edit]
- אינגבער־לעקעך (ingber-lekekh, “gingerbread”)
- האָניק־לעקעך (honik-lekekh, “honey cake”)
- לעקעך־און־בראָנפֿן (lekekh-un-bronfn, “reception”)
- לעקעכל (lekekhl, “cookie”)
- צוקער־לעקעך (tsuker-lekekh, “sponge cake”)
- ווײַסל־לעקעך (vaysl-lekekh, “angel food cake”)
Descendants[edit]
- → English: lekach
References[edit]
- 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