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лек

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See also: -лек

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [lɛk]
  • Rhymes: -ɛk
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Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *lьgъkъ, formed from a lost *lьgъ (mild) + -ък (-ǎk).

Adjective

лек (lek) (adverb ле́ко, abstract noun лекота́ or ле́кост)

  1. light
    Synonym: нетежък (netežǎk)
  2. easy, effortless, facile, simple, soft, cushy
    Synonym: лесен (lesen)
  3. slight, mild, gentle, filmy, gossamer
    Synonym: слаб (slab)
  4. nimble
    Synonym: пъргав (pǎrgav)
  5. frivolous, loose, wanton
    Synonyms: несериозен (neseriozen), неморален (nemoralen)
Declension
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Alternative forms
Derived terms
  • облекча́ pf (oblekčá), облекча́вам impf (oblekčávam, to relieve)

References

  • лек (прил.)”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • лек (прил.)”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic лѣкъ (lěkŭ), from Proto-Slavic *lěkъ, borrowed from Gothic *𐌻𐌴𐌺𐍃 (*lēks) (related to attested Gothic 𐌻𐌴𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍃 (lēkeis, physician)).

Noun

лек (lek) m

  1. remedy, cure, curative, medicine
    Synonyms: лека́рство (lekárstvo), цяр (cjar)
Declension
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Derived terms

References

  • лек (същ.)”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • лек (същ.)”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Anagrams

  • кел (kel)
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Kazakh

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Etymology

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

Noun

лек (lek)

  1. (numismatics) lek (currency of Albania)

Declension

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Komi-Zyrian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʎek/, [ˈʎek]
  • Hyphenation: лек

Etymology 1

From Proto-Permic *ľekɜ.

Noun

лек (ľek)

  1. (anatomy) ankle
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1 Animate nouns almost exclusively take the type II accusative ending, whereas inanimate nouns can be used with either ending, but are more often found with type I.
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Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

лек (ľek)

  1. strength
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1 Animate nouns almost exclusively take the type II accusative ending, whereas inanimate nouns can be used with either ending, but are more often found with type I.
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References

  • Bubrikh, Dmitry V. (1949), Грамматика литературного коми языка [Grammar of the literary Komi language] (in Russian), Leningrad: Zhdanov Leningrad State University, page 31
  • L. M. Beznosikova; E. A. Ajbabina; R. I. Kosnyreva (2000), Коми-русский словарь [Komi-Russian dictionary], →ISBN, page 343
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Macedonian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lěkъ.

Noun

лек (lek) m (plural лекови, diminutive лекче)

  1. medication
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Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lьgъkъ.

Adjective

лек (lek) (comparative полек, superlative најлек)

  1. light (not heavy)
    Synonym: лесен (lesen)
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Etymology 3

Borrowed from Albanian lek.

Noun

лек (lek) m

  1. (numismatics) lek (currency of Albania)
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Russian

Pronunciation

Noun

лек (lek) m inan (genitive ле́ка, nominative plural ле́ки, genitive plural ле́ков)

  1. (numismatics) lek (currency of Albania)

Declension

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Serbo-Croatian

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