lék

See also: lek, Lek, lęk, -lek, and -lék

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech lék, from Proto-Slavic *lěkъ.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈlɛːk]
  • Audio(file)

Noun

lék m inan

  1. medicine, cure, drug
    Synonyms: medicína, medikament, farmakum
    volně prodejný lék ― over-the-counter drug
    lék na předpis ― prescription drug
    lék proti bolesti ― painkiller

Declension
Declension of lék (velar masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative lék léky
genitive léku léků
dative léku lékům
accusative lék léky
vocative léku léky
locative léku lécích
instrumental lékem léky
adjectives
nouns
verb

See also

Further reading
  • lék in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • lék in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • lék in Internetová jazyková příručka

Hungarian

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Uralic *lekka- (“gap, tear, crack; to cut, cleave”).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈleːk]
  • Hyphenation: lék
  • Rhymes: -eːk

Noun

lék (plural lékek)

  1. leak (an opening on a ship's hull where water can enter)
  2. ice hole (a hole cut in ice)

Declension
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative lék lékek
accusative léket lékeket
dative léknek lékeknek
instrumental lékkel lékekkel
causal-final lékért lékekért
translative lékké lékekké
terminative lékig lékekig
essive-formal lékként lékekként
essive-modal — —
inessive lékben lékekben
superessive léken lékeken
adessive léknél lékeknél
illative lékbe lékekbe
sublative lékre lékekre
allative lékhez lékekhez
elative lékből lékekből
delative lékről lékekről
ablative léktől lékektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular		 léké lékeké
non-attributive
possessive - plural		 lékéi lékekéi
Possessive forms of lék
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. lékem lékeim
2nd person sing. léked lékeid
3rd person sing. léke lékei
1st person plural lékünk lékeink
2nd person plural léketek lékeitek
3rd person plural lékük lékeik

Derived terms

References
  1. Entry #471 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.
  2. lék in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading
  • lék in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Old Norse

Verb

lék

  1. first/third-person singular past indicative active of leika
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