leech

(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.

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).

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

pijawka

sangonera

Egel

hirudo

mignatta

parasita

Blutsauger

lijk