לקקן

Hebrew

Root
ל־ק־ק (l-q-q)
5 terms

Etymology

Formed in Modern Hebrew as לִקֵּק (likék, “to lick”) +‎ ־ָן (-án), literally “licker”.

Pronunciation

Noun

לַקְּקָן • (lak'kán) m (plural indefinite לַקְּקָנִים, singular construct לַקְּקַן־, plural construct לַקְּקָנֵי־)

  1. sweet tooth, or someone having a sweet tooth
  2. (figuratively) a suck-up; someone who tries to please others in order to obtain some favor or likeability
    איכס הוא סתם לקקן מכוער ― Yuck, he is just an ugly suck-up.

Declension

Declension of לַקְּקָן
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
Number: State: form Person: singular plural
m f m f
singular indefinite לַקְּקָן first לַקְּקָנִי לַקְּקָנֵנוּ
definite הַלַּקְּקָן second לַקְּקָנְךָ לַקְּקָנֵךְ לַקְּקַנְכֶם לַקְּקַנְכֶן
construct לַקְּקַן־ third לַקְּקָנוֹ לַקְּקָנָהּ לַקְּקָנָם לַקְּקָנָן
plural indefinite לַקְּקָנִים first לקקניי / לַקְּקָנַי לַקְּקָנֵינוּ
definite הַלַּקְּקָנִים second לַקְּקָנֶיךָ לקקנייך / לַקְּקָנַיִךְ לַקְּקָנֵיכֶם לַקְּקָנֵיכֶן
construct לַקְּקָנֵי־ third לַקְּקָנָיו לַקְּקָנֶיהָ לַקְּקָנֵיהֶם לַקְּקָנֵיהֶן

Synonyms

  • חַנְפָן (khanfán)

References

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