לשון

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ל־שׁ־ן (l-š-n)

From Proto-Semitic *lišān-. Cognate with Arabic لِسَان (lisān).

Pronunciation

Noun

לָשׁוֹן • (lashón) f (plural indefinite לְשׁוֹנוֹת, singular construct לְשׁוֹן־, plural construct לְשׁוֹנוֹת־)

  1. a tongue
  2. a language
    Synonym: שָׂפָה

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Ladino: לשון (lashón)
  • Yiddish: לשון (loshn)

Ladino

Etymology

From Hebrew לשון (lashón).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laˈʃɔn/

Noun

לשון f (Hebrew spelling, Latin spelling lashon)

  1. tongue
  2. language

Synonyms

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew לשון (lashón).

Pronunciation

  • (YIVO, Litvish) IPA(key): /ˈɫɔʃn̩/
  • (Poylish) IPA(key): /ˈɫuːʃn̩/
  • (Ukrainish) IPA(key): /ˈɫuʃn̩/
  • (Netherlandic) IPA(key): /ˈɫoːʃn̩/

Noun

לשון • (loshn) n, plural לשונות (leshoynes)

  1. language (system of communication using words or symbols)

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • רעד־לשון (red-loshn)
  • שרײַב לשון (shrayb-loshn)
  • שטום־לשון (shtum-loshn)
  • מאַמע־לשון (mame-loshn)
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