לשון

Hebrew

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *lišān-.

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. a tongue
  2. a language
    Synonym: שפה‎

Declension
Declension of לָשׁוֹן
NumberIsolated formsWith possessive pronouns
StateFormPersonsingularplural
m.f.m.f.
singularindefinite לָשׁוֹן first לְשׁוֹנִי‎לְשׁוֹנֵנוּ‎
definite הַלָּשׁוֹן‎ second לְשׁוֹנְךָ‎לְשׁוֹנֵךְ‎לְשׁוֹנְכֶם‎לְשׁוֹנְכֶן‎
construct לְשׁוֹן־ third לְשׁוֹנוֹ‎לְשׁוֹנָהּ‎לְשׁוֹנָם‎לְשׁוֹנָן‎
pluralindefinite לְשׁוֹנוֹת‎ first לשונותיי \ לְשׁוֹנוֹתַי‎לְשׁוֹנוֹתֵינוּ‎
definite הַלְּשׁוֹנוֹת‎ second לְשׁוֹנוֹתֶיךָ‎לשונותייך \ לְשׁוֹנוֹתַיִךְ‎לְשׁוֹנוֹתֵיכֶם‎לְשׁוֹנוֹתֵיכֶן‎
construct לְשׁוֹנוֹת־‎ third לְשׁוֹנוֹתָיו‎לְשׁוֹנוֹתֶיהָ‎לְשׁוֹנוֹתֵיהֶם‎לְשׁוֹנוֹתֵיהֶן‎

See also

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
  • IPA(key): /lɔʃn/

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)
  • מאַמע־לשון‎ (mame-loshn)
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