לעקעך

Yiddish

Alternative forms
  • לעקאַך (lekakh)

Etymology

Related to or derived from לעקן (lekn, “to lick”). See English lekach and Hebrew לקח (lékakh) for more.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɫɛkəχ/

Noun

לעקעך • (lekekh) m, plural לעקעכן (lekekhn) or לעקעכער (lekekher), diminutive לעקעכל (lekekhl)

  1. a Jewish spiced honeycake, lekach
  2. sponge cake, pound cake
  3. (more generally) cake
    Synonyms: טאָרט (tort), קוכן (kukhn)
  4. (US) coffee cake
  5. (geometry) diamond (shape), rhombus
    Synonym: ראָמב (romb)
  6. (card games) diamond

Derived terms
  • 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
  • → English: lekach

References
  • 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
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