בלעך

Yiddish

Etymology

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

Noun

בלעך • (blekh) n, 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.
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