Yiddish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle High German lechezen, lechzen (to dry out, to thirst), intensive formations of lechen (to crack from dryness and become permeable to liquid). Compare German lechzen.

Verb

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לעכצן (lekhtsn) (past participle געלעכצט (gelekhtst))

  1. to thirst, to yearn

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