lecha

See also: Lecha, lécha, and lechá

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lěxa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /lʲɛːxa/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /lʲexa/

Noun

lecha f

1. (attested in Lesser Poland, Greater Poland) bed (narrow strip of arable land restricted by furrows)
   • 1876-1929 [c. 1455], Vatroslav Jagić, editor, Archiv für slavische Philologie‎, volume XIV, Miechów, Kruchowo, page 495:

     Lecha aruetum

     [Lecha aruetum]

References

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “lecha”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Masovia):
  • (Far Masovian) IPA^(key): [ˈlɛ.xa]
• Homophone: Lecha

Noun

lecha f

1. (agriculture, Far Masovian) plot of arable land twice as wide as a normal one

Further reading

• Stanisław Ciszewski (1909), “lecha”, in “Przyczynek do słownika gwary mazowieckiej”, in Prace Filologiczne‎ (in Polish), volume 7, z. 1, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 207

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlet͡ʃa/ [ˈle.t͡ʃa]
• Rhymes: -etʃa
• Syllabification: le‧cha

Etymology 1

Suffixed feminine form of leche (“milk”).

Noun

lecha f (plural lechas)

1. milt

Etymology 2

Verb

lecha

1. inflection of lechar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “lecha”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025