# лек
## Bulgarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [lɛk]
* Rhymes: -ɛk

### Etymology 1

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

#### Adjective

лек • (lek) (adverb ле́ко, abstract noun лекота́ or ле́кост)
* light
    Synonym: нетежък (netežǎk)
* easy, effortless, facile, simple, soft, cushy
    Synonym: лесен (lesen)
* slight, mild, gentle, filmy, gossamer
    Synonym: слаб (slab)
* nimble
    Synonym: пъргав (pǎrgav)
* frivolous, loose, wanton
    Synonyms: несериозен (neseriozen), неморален (nemoralen)

##### Alternative forms

* ле́гък (légǎk) — archaic

##### Derived terms

* облекча́ pf (oblekčá), облекча́вам impf (oblekčávam, “to relieve”)

##### Related terms

* легоба́ (legobá, “recovering”) (dialectal)

#### 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
* remedy, cure, curative, medicine
    Synonyms: лека́рство (lekárstvo), цяр (cjar)

##### Derived terms

* лека́р m (lekár), лека́рка f (lekárka, “doctor, physician”)
** лека́рство (lekárstvo, “medicine”)
* леку́вам (lekúvam, “to cure, to treat”)
** лекови́т (lekovít, “curative”)
* леча́ (lečá, “to alleviate”) (dialectal)
** лечиво́ (lečivó, “remedy”) (dialectal)
** лечи́тел (lečítel, “healer”)
* ле́чба (léčba, “medical treatment”) (obsolete)
** лече́бен (lečében, “curative, medicinal”)
* лечи́м (lečím, “curable”)
** нелечи́м (nelečím, “incurable”)

#### 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)

## Kazakh

Alternative scripts :
| Arabic | لەك |
| Cyrillic | лек |
| Latin | lek |

### Etymology

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

### Noun

лек • (lek)
* (numismatics) lek (currency of Albania)

#### Declension
## Komi-Zyrian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʎek/, [ˈʎek]
* Hyphenation: лек

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Permic *ľekɜ.

#### Noun

лек • (ľek)
* (anatomy) ankle

##### Declension

Possessive declension of лек :

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

лек • (ľek)
* strength

##### Declension

Possessive declension of лек :

### 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

## Macedonian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [lɛk]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛk

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lěkъ.

#### Noun

лек • (lek) m (plural лекови, diminutive лекче)
* medication

##### Derived terms

* залекува (zalekuva)
* излекува (izlekuva)
* излекуван (izlekuvan)
* лекар m (lekar)
* лекарка f (lekarka)
* лекарски (lekarski)
* лекарство n (lekarstvo)
* лековит (lekovit)
* лекува (lekuva)
* лекувалиште n (lekuvalište)
* лекуван (lekuvan)
* лекување (lekuvanje)
* лекувач m (lekuvač)
* полекува (polekuva)

##### Related terms

* долечен (dolečen)
* долечи (doleči)
* залечен (zalečen)
* залечи (zaleči)
* залечува (zalečuva)
* излечен (izlečen)
* излечи (izleči)
* излечив (izlečiv)
* излечивост f (izlečivost)
* лечен (lečen)
* лечење (lečenje)
* лечи (leči)
* лечилиште n (lečilište)
* недолечен (nedolečen)
* незалечен (nezalečen)
* неизлечив (neizlečiv)
* неизлечивост f (neizlečivost)
* полечи (poleči)

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lьgъkъ.

#### Adjective

лек • (lek) (comparative полек, superlative најлек)
* light (not heavy)
    Synonym: лесен (lesen)

##### Declension
### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Albanian lek.

#### Noun

лек • (lek) m
* (numismatics) lek (currency of Albania)

## Russian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [lʲek]

### Noun

лек • (lek) m inan (genitive ле́ка, nominative plural ле́ки, genitive plural ле́ков)
* (numismatics) lek (currency of Albania)

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Alternative forms

* лије̑к (Ijekavian)

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lěkъ, borrowed from Gothic 𐌻𐌴𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍃 (lēkeis, “physician”). Compare Old Norse læknir, Old High German lahhi, Danish læge.

#### Noun

ле̑к m (Latin spelling lȇk)
* medicine

##### Declension
#### References

* ↑ Petar Skok, Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika, Z., 1971, v. 2, p. 296: Obično se uzimlje da je praslavenska riječ posuđena iz gotske radne imenice lekeis

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lěkъ, from Proto-Indo-European *loykʷós.

#### Noun

ле̑к m (Latin spelling lȇk)
* little quantity
    Нема места ни за лек(а). ― There is absolutely no place.