leke

• Rhymes: -eːkə

leke

1. (archaic) singular past subjunctive of lijken

• keel, leek

Inherited from Old English lēac, from Proto-Germanic *laukaz.

• leek, lek, leeke, leyke

• IPA^(key): /ˈleːk/, /ˈlɛːk/

leke (plural lekes)

1. Many of the plants in the genus Allium, often used as vegetables:
   1. Garlic (Allium sativum)
   2. A leek (Allium ampeloprasum)
2. (in expressions) Something of little value.

• garlek

• English: leek
• Scots: leke, leik

• “lẹ̄k (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-26.

Borrowed from Late Latin leuca, leuga.

leke

1. Alternative form of lege (“league”)

• leike

From Old Norse leika

leke f or m (definite singular leka or leken, indefinite plural leker, definite plural lekene)

1. a toy, something to play with

• leketøy, leiketøy

leke (imperative lek, present tense leker, simple past lekte, past participle lekt, present participle lekende)

1. to play, to act in a manner such that one has fun

• lekebil
• lekegrind
• lekekamerat
• lekeplass

• lek (noun)

• “leke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.