Hebrew

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Etymology

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Root
ל־ע־ז (l-ʿ-z)

Probably cognate to Arabic لُغْز (luḡz, riddle), لَغَّزَ (laḡḡaza, to speak in riddles). Sometimes falsely analyzed as an acronym of ‮לָשׁוֹן עַם זָר("foreign tongue").

Noun

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לַעַז (lá'azm

  1. (medieval) A language other than Hebrew, especially a Romance language

Verb

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לָעַז (la'áz) (pa'al construction)

  1. to speak unintelligibly
  2. to speak a language other than Hebrew

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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