leech

Mane (Îngilîzî)

Noun

1. An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of subclass Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.
2. (figuratively) A person who derives advantage from others in a parasitic fashion.
3. (dated) A glass tube designed for drawing blood from damaged tissue by means of a vacuum.

Verb

1. (literally, transitive) To apply a leech medicinally, so that it sucks blood from the patient.
2. (figuratively, transitive) To drain (resources) without giving back.

Verb

To treat, cure or heal.

Têgeh

zelû

arbijî

Hevwate

bloodsucker

parasite

bleed

🩸

sponge

🧽

sponger

worm

🪱

hirudinean

phlebotomise

phlebotomize

insect

slug

hirudo

surgeon

sycophant

toady

venesect

feed upon

Hirudinaria manillensis

cling

flea

freeload

hanger-on

blood-sucker

physician

Werger

sangsue

sanguijuela

sanguisuga

Blutegel

bloedzuiger

βδέλλα

sanguessuga

sangonera

Egel

hirudo

mignatta

parasita

Blutsauger

lijk

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/liːt͡ʃ/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

Ji Middle English mîras hatiye girtin: leche

Ji Old English mîras hatiye girtin: lǣċe

Hevwate bi Middle Dutch: lake

Hevwate bi holendî: laak

Hevwate bi Old Irish: líaig

Hevwate bi Serbo-Croatian: ljèkār

Hevwate bi polonî: lekarz

Hevwate bi Old Frisian: lētza

Hevwate bi Old Saxon: lāki

Hevwate bi Old High German: lāhhi

Hevwate bi danmarkî: læge

Hevwate bi Gothic: 𐌻𐌴𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍃

Ji Middle English mîras hatiye girtin: lechen

Hevwate bi swêdî: läka

Ji Middle English mîras hatiye girtin: lek

Hevwate bi frîsî: lyk

Hevwate bi holendî: lijk

Hevwate bi Middle High German: geleich

Hevwate bi latînî: ligō

Hevwate bi ukraynî: нали́гати

Hevwate bi elbanî: lidh

In summary

From Middle English leche (“blood-sucking worm”), from Old English lǣċe (“blood-sucking worm”), akin to Middle Dutch lāke ("blood-sucking worm"; > modern Dutch laak).