lek

lek
I. noun Etymology: Swedish, short for lekställe mating ground, from lek mating, sport + ställe place Date: 1871 an assembly area where animals (as the prairie chicken) carry on display and courtship behavior; also an aggregation of animals assembled on a lek for courtship II. noun (plural leks or leke or lekë) Etymology: Albanian Date: 1927 — see money table

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  • lęk — {{/stl 13}}{{stl 8}}rz. mnż IIa, D. u {{/stl 8}}{{stl 7}} uczucie powstające w sytuacji zagrożenia; niepokój, obawa : {{/stl 7}}{{stl 10}}Ciągły, ustawiczny, wrodzony lęk. Lęk przed śmiercią. Lęk przed samym sobą. Atak lęku. Przejmować lękiem.… …   Langenscheidt Polski wyjaśnień

  • lēk-1 : lǝk- —     lēk 1 : lǝk     English meaning: trap     Deutsche Übersetzung: “Reis, zur Schlinge gedrehtes Reis or Strick, in einer solchen fangen”??     Note: word the Jägersprache (Vendryes Arch. Ling. I 25) Root lēk 1 : lǝk : trap” : Root lēk 2 : lǝk …   Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

  • Lek — puede referirse a: Lek (moneda), la moneda nacional de Albania. Lek (comportamiento animal), una exhibición ritual del macho en el apareamiento de algunos animales, especialmente aves. Esta página de desambiguación cataloga artículos relacionados …   Wikipedia Español

  • Lek — /lek/, n. a river in the central Netherlands, flowing W to the Meuse River; the N branch of the lower Rhine. 40 mi. (64 km) long. * * * ▪ biology       in animal behaviour, communal area in which two or more males of a species perform courtship… …   Universalium

  • lēk-2 : lǝk- —     lēk 2 : lǝk     English meaning: to tear     Deutsche Übersetzung: “zerreißen”     Note: Root lēk 1 : lǝk : trap” : Root lēk 2 : lǝk : to tear” derived from *nak(u̯), lak(u̯) of Root nogʷ , nogʷod(h)o , nogʷ no : naked”.     Material: Gk.… …   Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

  • lek — lek1 [lek] n. the basic monetary unit of Albania: see the table of monetary units in the Reference Supplement lek2 [lek] n. an area where certain male animals, as the male of the prairie chicken, gather to perform their courtship displays …   English World dictionary

  • LEK — is a three letter acronym that may stand for:* Russian lunar lander ( Луииый експедитённый корабль = Lunniy ekspeditionniy korabl ) See also: Lek …   Wikipedia

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