lez

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Translingual

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Symbol

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lez

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Lezgi.

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English

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Etymology

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Clipping of lesbian.

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Noun

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lez (plural lezzes)

  1. (slang, sometimes vulgar) Lesbian.

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From fuller and dialectal lemzë, diminutive in - ~ ëz of dialectal lem (birth; rise), deverbative of lej (to give birth); the original meaning would have been ‘birthmark’.[1]

Noun

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lez m (plural lezë, definite lezi, definite plural lezët)

  1. facial mole
  2. (medicine) wart
    Synonym: lyth
  3. (medicine) tumor
    Synonyms: tumor, iriq
  4. (dialectal) mark, spot, pimple, birthmark
    Synonyms: nishan, shenjë

References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “lez”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 220

Further reading

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  • “lez”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980
  • lez”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “lez”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 243

Czech

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Verb

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lez

  1. second-person singular imperative of lézt

French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French lez, from Late Latin latus (next to, beside), from Latin lātus (side).

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Preposition

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lez

  1. (obsolete) next to, near (still used in some place names)
    Saint-André-lez-Lille est une ville proche de Lille.
    Saint-André-lez-Lille is a town near Lille.

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Lombard

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Etymology 1

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From Latin legit, third-person singular present active indicative of legō.

Alternative forms

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  • legg, lesg, lensg (Milanese classical orthography)
  • lez (Brescian classical orthography)
  • lès, les (Eastern modern orthographies)

Pronunciation

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  • (Modern Western) IPA(key): /ˈle(ŋ)dʒ/, [lɛ(ŋ)tʃ], [lɛ(t)ʃ]
  • (Modern Eastern) IPA(key): /lez/, [lɛs]
  • (Northern, Camunian) IPA(key): /lez/, [lɛʰ]

Verb

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lez (first-person singular present indicative lezi, infinitive lèzer, past participle lezud)

  1. third-person singular present indicative of lèzer
  2. third-person plural present indicative of lèzer

Etymology 2

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From Latin lex, legem (law).

Alternative forms

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  • lesg (Milanese classical orthography)

Pronunciation

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  • (Classical Western) IPA(key): /ˈleːz/, [leːʃ]
  • (Classical Eastern) IPA(key): /ˈleːz/, [les]

Noun

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lez f (invariable)

  1. Alternative form of lege (law)

Old French

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Etymology

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From Latin lātus.

Noun

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lez oblique singularm (oblique plural lez, nominative singular lez, nominative plural lez)

  1. side

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Descendants

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  • French: lès, lez