Yiddish edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German blëch, from Old High German bleh, from Proto-West Germanic *blik, from Proto-Germanic *bliką. Compare German Blech.

Noun edit

בלעך (blekhn, plural בלעכן (blekhn)

  1. tin
  2. sheet metal, tin sheet
  3. (Judaism) blech
    שטעק ניט קיין רוי עסן אויפֿן בלעך.
    shtek nit keyn roy esn oyfn blekh.
    Don't put any raw food on the blech.