Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to lek
Participle: lekked
Gerund: lekking
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | lek |
| you | lek |
| he;she;it | leks |
| we | lek |
| you | lek |
| they | lek |
Perfect
| I | have lekked |
| you | have lekked |
| he;she;it | has lekked |
| we | have lekked |
| you | have lekked |
| they | have lekked |
Past
| I | lekked |
| you | lekked |
| he;she;it | lekked |
| we | lekked |
| you | lekked |
| they | lekked |
Pluperfect
| I | had lekked |
| you | had lekked |
| he;she;it | had lekked |
| we | had lekked |
| you | had lekked |
| they | had lekked |
Future
| I | will lek |
| you | will lek |
| he;she;it | will lek |
| we | will lek |
| you | will lek |
| they | will lek |
Future Perfect
| I | will have lekked |
| you | will have lekked |
| he;she;it | will have lekked |
| we | will have lekked |
| you | will have lekked |
| they | will have lekked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | lek |
| you | lek |
| he;she;it | lek |
| we | lek |
| you | lek |
| they | lek |
Perfect
| I | have lekked |
| you | have lekked |
| he;she;it | have lekked |
| we | have lekked |
| you | have lekked |
| they | have lekked |
Imperfect
| I | lekked |
| you | lekked |
| he;she;it | lekked |
| we | lekked |
| you | lekked |
| they | lekked |
Pluperfect
| I | had lekked |
| you | had lekked |
| he;she;it | had lekked |
| we | had lekked |
| you | had lekked |
| they | had lekked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would lek |
| you | would lek |
| he;she;it | would lek |
| we | would lek |
| you | would lek |
| they | would lek |
Perfect
| I | would have lekked |
| you | would have lekked |
| he;she;it | would have lekked |
| we | would have lekked |
| you | would have lekked |
| they | would have lekked |
Imperative
| you | lek |
| we | Let's lek |
| you | lek |
Verbs conjugated like 'lek'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'lek'
eek,
leak,
lee,
leg,
let,
lew,
lex,
ley,
aik,
ask,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Germanic roots meaning "play". In the biology sense, it comes specifically from Swedish lek (“child's play”), by means of Swedish leka (“to play”). The verb is first attested in English in 1871 and the noun at least as early as 1867. See: Swedish '
leka'.
Sample Sentences
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Males in many lekking species have conspicuous morphological ornaments that may be targets of female choice, but male contest competition may also be involved. [1994, M. B. Andersson, Sexual Selection, page 164:]
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The second reason lekking is so fascinating is because the males aggregate. [2000, George Barlow, The Cichlid Fishes: Nature's Grand Experiment In Evolution, page 79:]
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2010, Boaz Yuval, Jorge Hendrichs 17: Behavior of Fruit Fly in the Genus Ceratitis (Dacinae: Ceratitidini), Martin Aluja, Allen Norrbom (editors), Fruit Flies (Tephritidae): Phylogeny and Evolution of Behavior, page 437,
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In a recent study (Yuval et al. 1998), the size and weight of males captured either lekking or resting at the same time in the vicinity of leks were measured.
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Half a dozen of the thumbnail-size males lekked in a sunny glade. [2010, Robert Michael Pyle, Mariposa Road: The First Butterfly Big Year, unnumbered page:]
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T’lads is lekkin i t’park.