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lab {n} (laboratory) SEE: laboratory ::
Laban {prop} (brother of Rebekah) :: לבן {m} /laván/
labellum {n} :: שפית
labia majora {n} (outer folds of vulva) :: שפתיים גדולות {f-p}
labia minora {n} ((anatomy) the two inner folds of skin within the cleft of the labia majora) :: שפתיים קטנות {f-p}
labneh {n} (strained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese) :: לבנה
labor {n} (labor) SEE: labour ::
labor {v} (labor) SEE: labour ::
laboratory {n} (room, building or institution equipped for scientific research) :: מעבדה {f} /ma'abadá/
Labor Day {n} (holiday on May 1st) SEE: May Day ::
labor union {n} (labor union) SEE: trade union ::
labour {n} (work) :: עמל {m} /amál/, עבודה {f} /avodá/
labour {n} (giving birth) :: לדה {f} /lēdá/
Labrador {prop} (Dog breed) :: לברדור {m} /labrador/
lac {n} (a resinous substance) :: לכה {f} /láka/
lace {n} (fabric) :: תחרה
lace {n} (cord for fastening a shoe) SEE: shoelace ::
lack {n} (deficiency, need) :: חוסר {m} /chóser/
lacking {n} (absence of something) SEE: lack ::
laconic {adj} (using as few words as possible) :: לקוני /lakoni/
La Coruña {prop} (A Coruña) SEE: A Coruña ::
lactose {n} (disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products) :: לקטוז {m} /laktóz/
Lada {prop} (a Russian car) :: לאדה {f}
ladder {n} (climbing tool) :: סולם /sulam/
ladies and gentlemen {n} (phrase used to address an audience of men and women) :: גבירותי ורבותי /gvirotay verabotay/
Ladino {prop} (Romance language) :: לדינו /ladino/
lady {n} (polite term referring a woman) :: גברת {f} /ge'veret/
ladybird {n} (member of Coccinellidae) :: מושית {f} /moshít/, פרת משה רבנו {f} /parát moshé rabénu/
ladybug {n} (ladybird) SEE: ladybird ::
ladyfinger {n} (okra) SEE: okra ::
lagoon {n} (shallow body of water) :: לגונה {f} /laguna/
Lahore {prop} (Lahore) :: לאהור
Lahti {prop} (city of Finland) :: לאהטי
lair {n} (of an animal) :: מאורה {f} /meurá/
lake {n} (body of water) :: אגם {m} /agám/, ימה {f} /yama/
lake {n} (a kind of coloring agent) :: לכה {f} /lakah/
Lake District {prop} (Lake District) :: אזור האגמים
Lakshadweep {prop} (union territory of India) :: לקשאדוויפ
Lalibela {prop} (town in Ethiopia) :: לליבלה
lamb {n} (young sheep) :: טלה {m} /talé/, שה {m} /se/
lamb {n} (flesh of lamb as food) :: טלה {m} /talé/
lambda {n} (name of the Greek letter) :: למדא {f} /lámda/
lame {adj} (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs) :: צולע {m} /tzoléa'/
lame {adj} (slang: failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant) :: צולע {m} /tzoléa'/
lamedh {n} (Semitic letter) :: למד /lámed/
lame duck {n} (an official who is marking time until leaving their office) :: ברוז צולע {m} /barváz tzoléa‘/
Lamentations {prop} (book of the Bible) :: איכה /'Eikhá/, מגילת איכה \ מגלת איכה {f} /M'Gilát 'Eikhá/, קינות {f-p} /Kinót/, קינות ירמיהו {f-p} /Kinót Yirm'yáhu/, ספר קינות {m} /Séfer Kinót/, ספר קינות ירמיהו {m} /Séfer Kinót Yirm'yáhu/
lammergeier {n} (bird) :: פרס {m} /péres/
lammergeyer {n} (vulture) SEE: lammergeier ::
lamp {n} (device producing light) :: מנורה {f} /menorá/
lamp {n} (oil device producing light) :: מנורה {f} /m'norá/
lamprey {n} (a fish) :: צמד {m} /tzamád/
lampshade {n} (cover over a lamp) :: אהיל {m}
LAN {n} ((abbreviation) local area network) :: רת״ם {f}
lancelet {n} (animal of Cephalochordata) :: אזמלון {m} /izmelón/
land {n} (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) :: ארץ {f} /érets/, אדמה {f} /adamá/
land {v} (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) :: נחת /nakhát/
land {v} (to bring to land) :: הנחית /hinkhít/
land {v} (to deliver) SEE: deliver ::
landing craft {n} (a type of flat-bottomed boat) :: נחתת {f} /nakhetet/
landlubber {n} (someone unfamiliar with the sea or seamanship) :: איש יבשה {m} /ish yabasha/, עכבר יבשה {m} /akhbar yabasha/, גלם יבשה {m} /golem yabasha/
Land of Israel {prop} (Region in the Middle East) :: ארץ ישראל {f} /'érets yisra'él/
land of milk and honey {n} (a land of abundance) :: ארץ זבת חלב ודבש {f} /éretz zavát ẖaláv udvásh/
Land of the Rising Sun {prop} (Japan) :: ארץ השמש העולה {f} /'Éretz ha-Shémesh ha-Olá/
Landsknecht {n} (German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century) SEE: lansquenet ::
landsman {n} (the opposite of a seaman) :: איש יבשה {m} /ish yabashah/
lane {n} (passageway) :: משעול {m} /mish'ól/
lane {n} (division of roadway) :: נתיב {m} /natív/
lane {n} (division of racetrack) :: נתיב {m} /natív/
lane {n} (course for ships or aircraft) :: נתיב {m} /natív/
language {n} (body of words used as a form of communication) :: לשון {f} /lashón/, שפה {f} /safá/
language {n} (nonverbal communication) :: לשון {f} /lashón/, שפה {f} /safá/
language {n} (vocabulary of a particular field) :: לשון {f} /lashón/, שפה {f} /safá/
language {n} (particular words used) :: לשון {f} /lashón/, שפה {f} /safá/
language {n} (computer language, see also: computer language) :: שפה {f} /safá/
language exchange {n} (language exchange) :: חילופי שפה
language family {n} (set of languages) :: השפה המשפחה
language swap {n} (language exchange) SEE: language exchange ::
Languedoc {prop} (French province) :: לנגדוק
lansquenet {n} (German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century) :: לאנדסקנכט {m} /landsknékht/
lantern {n} (case of transparent material made to protect a flame, or light) :: פנס {m} /panás/
lanthanum {n} (metallic element) :: לנתן /lantán/
Laocoön {prop} (Trojan or Argonaut) :: לאוקואון
Laos {prop} (country in Southeast Asia) :: לאוס /laos/
lap {n} (upper legs of a seated person) :: חיק {m} /Cheyq/
laparoscopy {n} (examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity) :: לפרוסקופיה {f} /laparoskopia/
Laplace operator {n} (mathematics, physics: differential operator used in modeling of wave propagation, heat flow and many other applications) :: לפלסיאן {m} /laplasián/
Laplacian {n} (Laplace operator) SEE: Laplace operator ::
laptop {n} (computing: a laptop computer) :: מחשב נייד {m} /makhshév nayád/, לפטופ {m} /láptop/
laptop computer {n} (laptop) SEE: laptop ::
larboard {n} (port) SEE: port ::
lard {n} (bacon) SEE: bacon ::
large {adj} (of greater size, see also: big) :: גדול /gadol/
largen {v} (enlarge) SEE: enlarge ::
larva {n} (a stage of growth) :: פגיה {f} /pagít/, לרווה {f} /lárva/
larva {n} (an animal in such stage of growth, see also: tadpole) :: פגית {f} /pagít/
larynx {n} (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production) :: בית הקול
lascivious {adj} (wanton) :: תאותני
laser {n} (device producing beam of light) :: לייזר \ ליזר {m} /léizer/
lash {n} (eyelash; hair growing from the eyelid) SEE: eyelash ::
Lasha {prop} (Lasha) :: לשע //
lashon hara {n} :: לשון הרע /lashon ha-ra/
La Spezia {prop} (city in Liguria, Italy) :: לה ספציה {f} /La Spétziya/
lass {n} (a young woman or girl) :: ילדה {f} [child], נערה {f} [teenage], בחורה {f}, עלמה {f}
lasso {n} (a long rope with a sliding loop) :: לסו {m} /láso/, פלצור {m} /paltzúr/
last {adj} (final) :: אחרון /'akharón/
last {adj} (most recent) :: שעבר /she`avár/
last {v} (to endure, continue over time) :: נמשך /nimshách/
last {v} :: לשרוד /lisrod/
last but not least {adv} (An expression to start the last item of a list) :: אחרון חביב {m} /akharón khavív/
lastingly {adv} (in a lasting manner) :: לאורך זמן
last name {n} (surname) SEE: surname ::
last night {n} (previous evening or night) :: אמש /émesh/
last year {adv} (year before this one, see also: yesteryear) :: בשנה שעברה /bashaná she'av'rá/, [formal] אשתקד /eshtakád/
late {adj} (near the end of a period of time) :: מאוחר \ מאחר /m'ukhár/
late {adj} (not arriving until after an expected time) :: מאחר /meaḥér/
late {adj} (euphemism for dead) :: מנוח /manóaḥ/
latent {adj} (existing or present but concealed or inactive) :: חבוי, רדום, לטנטי
later {adv} (more late) :: יותר מאחר /yotér m'ukhár/
later {adv} (afterward in time) :: יותר מאחר /yotér m'ukhár/
later {adv} (at some unspecified time in the future) :: יותר מאחר /yotér m'ukhár/
Lateran {prop} (church and palace in Rome) :: לטראנו
lathe {n} (machine tool used to shape a piece of material) :: מחרטה {f}
Latin {adj} (of the language) :: לטיני {m} /lātini/, לטינית {f} /lātinit/
Latin {adj} (of/from Latin America) :: לטיני {m} /lātini/, לטינית {f} /lātinit/
Latin {prop} (language of the ancient Romans) :: לטינית {f} /lātinít/
Latin {n} (person native to ancient Rome or its Empire) :: רומאי {m} /romāʾi/
Latin alphabet {n} (the 26-letter alphabet) :: אלפבית לטיני /alfabet latini/, כתב לטיני {m} /Ktab Latini/
Latin America {prop} (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) :: אמריקה הלטינית {f} /amérika latinít/
latke {n} (pancake fried in oil) :: לביבה /levivah/
latrine {n} (a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench, see also: toilet; outhouse) :: לטרינה
latrine {n} (chamber pot) SEE: chamber pot ::
latter-day {adj} (modern, recent) SEE: modern ::
lattice {n} :: סבכה {f} /svaha/, רשת {f} /rešet/
Latvia {prop} (country) :: לטוויה \ לטויה {f} /lat'viyá/
Latvian {n} (Baltic language of Latvia) :: לטבית {f}
laugh {n} (expression of mirth peculiar to the human species) :: צחוק {m} /tskhok/
laugh {v} (show mirth by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face and emission of sounds) :: צחק /tsakhák/
laugh {v} :: צחק /tsakhák/
laughing kookaburra {n} (Dacelo novaeguineae) :: קוקברה צוחקת
laughter {n} (sound (as) of laughing) :: צחוק {m} /ts'khok/
launderette {n} (place with facilities for washing that public may use) :: מכבסה {f} /michbasá/
laundromat {n} (launderette) SEE: launderette ::
laundry {n} (laundering; washing) :: כביסה {f} /kvisá/
laundry {n} (that which needs to be laundered) :: כביסה {f} /kvisá/
Laura {prop} (female given name) :: לורה {f} /lóra/, לאורה {f} /láura/
laurel {n} (Laurus nobilis) :: דפנה {f} /dafná/, ער {m} /'ar/
lava {n} (molten rock) :: לבה {f} /láva/
lava {n} (magma) SEE: magma ::
lavash {n} (a soft, thin flatbread) :: לוואשי
lavatory {n} (toilet) SEE: toilet ::
lavatory {n} (sink) SEE: sink ::
lavender {n} (plant) :: אזוביון {m} /azovyón/
law {n} (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) :: חוק \ חק {m} /khók/, משפט {m} /mishpát/
law {n} (any rule that must or should be obeyed) :: דין {m} /din/, חוק \ חק {m} /khok/
law {n} (statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena) :: חוק \ חק {m} /choqq/
lawman {n} (lawyer) SEE: lawyer ::
lawn {n} (ground covered with grass) :: דשא /déshe/
lawrencium {n} (chemical element) :: לורנציום /loréntsiyum/
lawyer {n} (professional person authorized to practice law) :: עורך דין {m} /orékh-dín/, עורכת דין {f} /orékhet-dín/, פרקליט {m} /praklít/
lay claim {v} (say that something belongs to oneself) :: לקבוע בעלות /likvóa ba'alút/
layer {n} (single thickness of some material covering a surface) :: רובד
layman {n} (someone who is not a professional in a given field) :: הדיוט {m} /hedyot/
Lazarus {prop} (New Testament characters) :: אלעזר {m} /ʼElʻāzār/
laziness {n} (quality of being lazy) :: עצלות {f} /atslút/
Lazio {prop} (Italian region) :: לאציו
lazy {adj} (unwilling to work) :: עצל {m} /ʻatsel/
lea {n} (open field, meadow) :: אחו {m} /'ɑħu/
lead {n} (chemical element) :: עופרת {f} /'oféret/
lead {v} (guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection) :: הוביל /hovíl/
lead {v} (guide or conduct in a certain course) :: הוביל /hovíl/
lead {v} (conduct or direct with authority) :: הוביל /hovíl/, הנהיג /hinhíg/
lead {v} (go or be in advance of; precede) :: הוביל /hovíl/, הנהיג /hinhíg/
lead {v} (draw or direct by influence) :: הוביל /hovíl/, הנהיג /hinhíg/
lead {v} (guide or conduct oneself) :: הוביל /hovíl/, הנהיג /hinhíg/
lead {v} (begin a game of cards or dominoes) :: הוביל /hovíl/
lead {v} (intransitive: to guide or conduct) :: הוביל /hovíl/, הנהיג /hinhíg/
lead {v} (intransitive: be ahead of others) :: הוביל /hovíl/
lead {v} (intransitive: have the highest interim score in a game) :: הוביל /hovíl/
lead {v} (intransitive: be more advanced) :: הוביל /hovíl/
lead {v} (intransitive: to go first) :: התחיל /hitkhíl/
leader {n} (one having authority) :: מנהיג {m} /manhíg/, מנהיגה {f}
leadership {n} (office of leader) :: ראשות {f}
lead someone up the garden path {v} (to deceive, hoodwink, mislead, or seduce someone) SEE: deceive ::
leaf {n} (part of a plant) :: עלה {m} /alé/
leaf {n} (tea leaves) SEE: tea leaf ::
league {n} (organization of sports teams) :: ליגה {f} /líga/
league {n} (distance) :: ליגה {f} /líga/
League of Nations {prop} (international organization) :: חבר הלאומים
Leah {prop} (elder daughter of Laban) :: לאה
Leah {prop} (given name) :: לאה
leak {n} (hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape) :: דליפה {f}, נזילה {f}
Leaning Tower of Pisa {prop} (the leaning bell tower in the Italian town of Pisa) :: מגדל נטוי של פיזה {m} /migdál natúy shel Píza/, מגדל פיזה {m} /migdál Píza/
leap {v} :: קפץ
learn {v} (to acquire knowledge or ability) :: למד /lamád/
leash {n} (long cord for dogs) :: רצועה להולכת כלב
leather {n} (material produced by tanning animal skin) :: עור /or/
leave {v} (to cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting) :: השאיר /hish'ír/
leave {v} (to depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with) :: עזב /azav/
leave {v} (to depart (intransitive)) :: עזב /azáv/
leaven {n} (any agent used to make dough rise) :: שאור /s'or/
leave of absence {n} (absence from work) SEE: leave ::
Lebanese Republic {prop} (official name of Lebanon) :: הרפובליקה הלבנונית {f} /harepublika halvanonit/
Lebanon {prop} (mountain range) :: הלבנון /ha-l'vanón/
Lebanon {prop} (Lebanese Republic) :: לבנון /l'vanón/
lecture {n} (a spoken lesson) :: הרצאה {f} /hartsa'á/
lederhosen {n} (Bavarian knee-breeches made of leather) :: לדרהוזן {m} /lederhózen/
leech {n} (annelid) :: עלוקה {f} /'aluká/
leech {n} (person who derives profit from others) :: עלוקה {f}
leech {n} (physician) SEE: physician ::
leek {n} (vegetable) :: כרישה
left {adj} (the west side of the body when one is facing north) :: שמאל /smol/
left {adj} (pertaining to the political left) :: שמאלן {m} /smolán/
left {adv} (towards the left side) :: שמאלה /smóla/
left {n} (the ensemble of left-wing political parties) :: שמאל {c}
left-handed {n} (preferring the left hand over the right) :: שמאלי /smalí/
leftist {n} (a person who holds views associated with the political left) :: שמאלני {m} /s'molaní/, שמאלנית {f} /s'molanít/
leftist {adj} (Pertaining to the political left) :: שמאלני /s'molaní/
leg {n} (lower limb from groin to ankle) :: רגל {f} /régel/
leg {n} (side in a triangle) :: ניצב \ נצב {m} /nitsáv/
legal {adj} (relating to the law or to lawyers) :: משפטי /mishpati/
legal {adj} (having its basis in the law) :: משפטי /mishpati/
legal {adj} (allowed or prescribed by law) :: חוקי /ḥuki/
legalization {n} (process of making something legal) :: לגליזציה {f} /legalizátsya/
legend {n} (story of unknown origin describing plausible but extraordinary past events) :: אגדה {f} /agada/
legend {n} (key to the symbols and color codes on a map) :: מקרא {m} /mikra/
leghorn {n} (small white chicken breed) :: לגהורן {m} /leghórn/
legible {adj} (clear enough to be read) :: קריא /karí/
legion {n} (the major unit or division of the Roman army) :: לגיון {m} /legion/
legitimate {adj} (lawful) :: לגיטימי /legitími/
legitimate {adj} (valid) :: לגיטימי /legitími/
leguaan {n} (iguana) SEE: iguana ::
legume {n} (member of Leguminosae family) :: קטנית {f} /kitnít/
Le Havre {prop} (city) :: לה הבר
Leiden {prop} (city in South Holland) :: לידן / ליידן {m} /Léyden/
leishmaniasis {n} (pathology) :: שושנת יריחו {f} /shoshanát yeriḥó/
leisure {n} (time free) :: פנאי {m}
lemma {n} (mathematics: proposition used mainly in the proof of some other proposition) :: למה {f} /léma/, טענת עזר {f} /te'anát ézer/
lemon {n} (citrus fruit) :: לימון {m} /limón/
lemonade {n} (still beverage) :: לימונדה
lemon balm {n} (Melissa officinalis) :: מליסה {f}
lemur {n} (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea) :: למור {m} /lemúr/
Lena {prop} (Lena River) :: לנה /lena/
lend {v} ((proscribed) to borrow) SEE: borrow ::
length {n} (distance along the longest dimension) :: אורך \ ארך {m}
Lenin {prop} (a Russian revolutionary and politician) :: מלנין {m} /Lenin/
Leninism {n} (the political philosophy named after Vladimir Lenin) :: לניניזם {m} /leninízm/
lens {n} (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it) :: עדשה /adashá/
lens {n} (biology: genus of the legume family; its bean) :: עדשה /adashá/
lens {n} :: עדשה /adashá/
Lent {n} (Christian period of penitence before Easter) :: התענית
lentigo {n} (pigmented spot on the skin) SEE: freckle ::
lentil {n} (plant Lens culinaris) :: עדשה {f} /'adashá/
Leo {prop} (male given name) :: אריה /aryé/, לביא /laví/, לאון /léon/
Leo {prop} (constellation) :: אריה /aryé/
Leo {prop} (astrological sign) :: אריה /aryé/
Leonard {prop} (male given name) :: לאונרד /léonard/
leopard {n} (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus) :: נמר {m} /namér/
leper {n} (person who has leprosy) :: מצרע /m"tzorah/
leprosy {n} (infectious disease caused by infection by Mycobacterium leprae) :: צרעת {f} /tsara’at/
lesbian {adj} (of a woman: preferring women partners) :: לסבית {f} /lésbit/
lesbian {n} (homosexual woman) :: לסבית {f} /lesbit/
Lesbian {n} (lesbian) SEE: lesbian ::
Lesbian {adj} (lesbian) SEE: lesbian ::
lesbo {n} (lesbian) SEE: lesbian ::
Lesotho {prop} (country in Southern Africa) :: לסוטו /lesoto/
less {adv} (to a smaller extent or degree) :: פחות /pakhot/
lesser black-backed gull {n} (Larus fuscus) :: שחף שחור בלתי-מזוהה
lesson {n} (section of learning or teaching) :: שיעור / שעור {m} /shi'úr/
lesson {n} (learning task assigned to a student) :: שיעורים {m} /shiorim/
lesson {n} (something learned) :: מוסר השכל {m} /musar haskel/, לקח {m} /leqach/
lesson {n} (something that serves as a warning or encouragement) :: לקח {m} /lékakh/
less-than-stellar {adj} (not very good) SEE: poor ::
lest {conj} (for fear that) :: פן /pen/
let alone {conj} (to say nothing of) :: קל וחומר /kal vahomer/, לא כל שכן /lo kol sheken/
Leto {prop} (asteroid) :: לטו {m} /léto/
let's {v} (let us; forming first-person plural imperative) :: בוא {m} /bo/, בואי {f} /bo'i/, בואו {p} /bo'u/ + [the first-person plural of the verb]
let's go {phrase} (hortative of go) :: בא נלך {m} /bó nelékh/, בואי נלך {f} /bó`i nelékh/, הבה נלך /háva nelékh/
let's go {phrase} (hurry up) :: יאללה /yálla/ [slang]
letter {n} (a symbol in an alphabet) :: אות {f} /ot/
letter {n} (written message) :: מכתב {m} /mikhtáv/, איגרת {f} /'igéret/
let the cat out of the bag {v} (to disclose a secret, often inadvertently) :: יצא המרצע מן השק
let there be light {phrase} (let there be light) :: יהי אור /yehí or/
Lettic {adj} (Latvian) SEE: Latvian ::
Lettish {adj} (Latvian) SEE: Latvian ::
Lettish {n} (Latvian) SEE: Latvian ::
lettuce {n} (an edible plant, Lactuca) :: חסה {f} /khása/
lettuce {n} (the leaves of the lettuce plant, eaten as a vegetable or dish) :: חסה {f} /hasa/
leukemia {n} (cancer of blood forming tissue) :: סרטן הדם {m} /saratan ha-dam/
leukocyte {n} (a white blood cell) :: תא דם לבן, לויקוציט
lev {n} (currency of Bulgaria) :: לב
Levant {prop} (the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea) :: לבנט {m}
Levantine {adj} (of the Levant, the Eastern Mediterranean) :: לבנטיני
Levantine Arabic {prop} (Levantine Arabic) :: ערבית לבנטינית {f}
level {n} (tool) :: פלס {m} /peles/
level {n} (gaming: discrete segment of a game) :: שלב {m} /shaláv/
level {n} (gaming: numeric value for a character's experience and power) :: רמה {f} /ramá/
level {n} (floor of a building) :: קומה {f} /koma/
leverage {v} (use, exploit, take full advantage of) :: מינף /minéf/
Levi {prop} (third son of Jacob) :: לוי {m} /leví/
Levi {prop} (male given name) :: לוי {m} /leví/
leviathan {n} (Biblical sea monster) :: לויתן {m} /livyatán/
Levite {n} (member of the Hebrew tribe of Levi) :: לוי {m} /Levi/
Leviticus {prop} (the book of the Bible and Torah) :: ויקרא /Vayikrá/
Lewis {prop} (male given name) SEE: Louis ::
leyn {v} (read from a Torah scroll) :: קרא /kará/
LGBT {n} (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender/transexual) :: להט"ב /lahatáv/
LGBTQIA {adj} (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual/Aromantic/Agender) :: להטבא"ק
liar {n} (one who tells lies) :: שקרן / שקרן {m} /shakrán/, שקרנית \ שקרנית {f} /shakranít/
libation {n} (act of pouring a liquid as a sacrifice) :: נסך
libation {n} (liquid poured out) :: נסך
liberalism {n} (political movement) :: ליברליזם {m} /liberalízm/
liberate {v} (to free) :: שיחרר \ שחרר /shikhrér/
Liberia {prop} (country in Western Africa) :: ליבריה {f} /liberya/
libidinous {adj} (having lustful desires) :: היצריות
libido {n} (sexual urges or drives) :: תשוקה {f} /tshuká/, ליבידו {m} /libido/
libido {n} (drives or mental energies related or based on sexual instincts but not necessarily sexual in and of themselves.) :: ליבידו {m} /libido/
Libra {prop} (constellation) :: מאזנים /moznáim/
Libra {prop} (astrological sign) :: מאזנים /moznáim/
librarian {n} (the manager of a library) :: ספרן {m} /safrán/, ספרנית {f} /safranít/
librarianship {n} (the act of operating of a library; service as a librarian) :: ספרנות {f} /safranut/
library {n} (institution which holds books etc.) :: ספרייה \ ספריה {f} /sifriyá/
library {n} (collection of books) :: ספרייה \ ספריה {f} /sifriyá/
library {n} (collection of records) :: ספריה {f} /sifriyá/
library {n} (collection of subprograms) :: ספריה {f} /sifriyá/
libre {adj} ((software): with very few limitations on distribution or improvement) :: חפשי /khofshí/
Libya {prop} (country in Northern Africa) :: לוב {m} /luv/
licentious {adj} (lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct) :: הולל {m} /holél/
licentiousness {n} (Property of being licentious) :: פריצות /pritzút/, הוללות {f} /holelút/
lichen {n} (something which spreads across something else, causing damage) SEE: cancer ::
lichen {n} (symbiotic association of algae and fungi) :: חזזית {f} /khazazít/
lick {v} (to stroke with the tongue) :: לקק /likek/
lid {n} (top or cover) :: מכסה {m} /mikhsé/
lie {v} (be in horizontal position) :: שכב /shakháv/
lie {v} (tell an intentional untruth) :: שיקר /shikér/
lie {n} (intentionally false statement) :: שקר {m} /shéker/, כזב {m} /kazáv/ [formally]
Liechtenstein {prop} (Principality of Liechtenstein) :: ליכטנשטיין / ליכטנשטין {m} /likhtenshtein/
lie in wait {v} (to be hiding to ambush) :: ארב /aráv/
lieu {n} (in lieu, in lieu of) SEE: in lieu ::
lieutenant {n} (person who executes the plans and directives of another) :: סגן {m} /s-gan/
life {n} (the state of being alive) :: חיים {m-p} /khayím/
life {n} (the essence of the manifestation and the foundation of the being) :: חיים {m-p} /khayím/
life {n} (the subjective and inner manifestation of the individual) :: חיים {m-p} /khayím/
life {n} (a worthwhile existence) :: חיים {m-p} /ħayim/
life {n} (life sentence) :: מאסר עולם {m} /ma'asar olam/
life-affirming {adj} (appearing to have an optimistic quality) SEE: optimistic ::
life assurance {n} (insurance policy) SEE: life insurance ::
lifeboat {n} (a boat to save shipwrecked people) :: סירת הצלה
lifeguard {n} (bodyguard) SEE: bodyguard ::
life insurance {n} (form of insurance) :: ביטוח חיים, בטחון חי {m}
life is short {proverb} (proverb) :: החיים כצל עובר /haḥayím ketzél 'ovér/
life style {n} (lifestyle) SEE: lifestyle ::
life-style {n} (lifestyle) SEE: lifestyle ::
lifestyle {n} (style of living) :: ארח חיים {m} /óraẖ ẖayím/
lift {n} (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people) :: מעלית {f} /ma'alít/
lift {n} (thief) SEE: thief ::
ligament {n} (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position) :: רצועה {f} /r'tsu'a/
ligand {n} (something that binds to another chemical entity) :: ליגנד {m} /ligand/
light {v} (to start (a fire)) :: הדליק /hidlík/, הצית /hitsít/, הבעיר /hevʾír/
light {v} (to illuminate) :: האיר /he'ír/
light {adj} (having light) :: מואר {m} /mu`ár/, מוארת {f} /mu`éret/
light {adj} (pale in colour) :: בהיר {m} /bahír/, בהירה {f} /behirá/
light {adj} (of low weight) :: קל {m} /kál/, קלה {f} /kaláh/
light {adj} (lightly-built) :: קל {m} /kál/
light {adj} (low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.) :: דיאטתי {m} /diatéti/, דיאטתית {f} /diatétit/, קל {m} /kál/, קלה {f} /kaláh/
light {n} (electromagnetic waves) :: אורה {f} /orá/, אור {m} /ór/
light {n} (source of illumination) :: אור {m} /ór/
light {n} (spiritual illumination) :: אור {m} /ór/, הארה {f} /he`ará/
light {n} (point of view) :: אור {m} /ór/
light {n} (flame or something used to create fire) :: אש {f} /ésh/
lightboat {n} (lightship) SEE: lightship ::
light bulb {n} (evacuated glass bulb containing a metal filament that produces light) :: נורה {f} /nurá/
lighter {n} (fire making device) :: מצית /metsit/
lighter {n} (a barge) :: פורקת {f} /poreket/
light-footed {adj} (Fast on one's feet) :: קל רגלים {m} /qal ragláim/
light globe {n} (light bulb) SEE: light bulb ::
lighthouse {n} (building containing a light to warn or guide ships) :: מגדלור {m} /migdalor/
lighthouse keeper {n} (person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light) :: שומר מגדלור {m} /shomer miglalor/
lightning {n} (flash of light) :: ברק {m} /barák/
lightning bug {n} (firefly) SEE: firefly ::
light rail {n} (type of passenger railway) :: רכבת קלה {f} /rakévet qalá/
lightsaber {n} (a fictional type of sword) :: חרב אור {f} /khérev 'or/
lightship {n} (lightship) :: אנית־ מגדלור {f} /'oniyá migdalór/
light spectrum {n} (range of colors) SEE: spectrum ::
lightvessel {n} (lightship) SEE: lightship ::
light year {n} (astronomical distance) :: שנת אור {f}
lignite {n} (coal) :: ליגניט {m} /lignit/
like {v} (enjoy) :: אהב /aháv/
like {v} (find attractive) :: חיבב /ḥibév/
like {adj} (similar) :: כמו
like {prep} (similar to) :: כמו /kmo/
like {particle} (colloquial: mild intensifier) :: כאילו /keílu/
like a bull in a china shop {adj} (clumsy, aggressive) :: כמו פיל בחנות חרסינה /k'mó pil bakhanút kharsína/
like clockwork {prep} (with perfect regularity and precision) :: כמו שעון
like father, like son {proverb} (a son will have traits similar to his father) :: התפוח לא נפל רחוק מהעץ /hatapúakh lo nafál rakhók meha'étz/, כמו האב, ככה הבן /k'mó ha'áv, kácha ha'bén/
likely {adv} (similarly) SEE: similarly ::
likely {adv} (probably) SEE: probably ::
likeness {n} (similarity) SEE: similarity ::
like two peas in a pod {prep} (very similar) :: כמו שתי טיפות מים
likewise {adv} (also; moreover; too) SEE: too ::
likewise {adv} (in like manner) :: כמו כן /k'mo ken/
likewise {adv} (the same to you) :: כנ"ל /k'nal/
Lilith {prop} (mythological demon) :: לילית {f} /lilít/
Lilith {prop} (female given name) :: לילית {f} /lilít/
Lille {prop} (city in France) :: ליל {m} /Lil/
lily {n} (flower in the genus Lilium) :: שושן /šōšān/
Lima {prop} (the capital city of Peru) :: לימה /lima/
limb {n} (major appendage of human or animal) :: גף
limb {n} (branch of a tree) :: ענף
lime {n} (inorganic material containing calcium) :: סיד {m} /sid/
lime {n} (green citrus fruit) :: ליים /laim/
Limerick {prop} (town) :: לימריק
limestone {n} (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) :: גיר {m} /gir/, אבן גיר {f} /even gir/
limit {v} (restrict) :: הגביל, תחם
limited {adj} (with certain limits placed upon it) :: מוגבל /mugbál/
limit point {n} (point whose every neighborhood contains a point in a given subset) :: נקודת גבול {f} /nekudát gvúl/
limo {n} (limousine) SEE: limousine ::
limousine {n} (luxury sedan/saloon car) :: לימוזינה {f} /limuzína/
limpid {adj} (clear) :: צלול
line {n} (path through two or more points, threadlike mark) :: קו {m} /kav/
line {n} (telephone or network connection) :: קו {m} /kav/
line {n} (connected series of public conveyances, and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.) :: קו {m} /kav/
line {n} (threadlike crease marking the face or the hand; hence, characteristic mark) :: קו {m} /kav/
line {n} (straight sequence of people, queue) :: תור {m} /tor/, שורה {f} /shurá/
line {n} (single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.) :: שורה {f} /shurá/
line {n} (products or services sold by a business, or the business itself) :: קו {m} /qav/
line {n} (amount of powdery drug) :: שורה {f} /shurá/
linear algebra {n} (branch of mathematics) :: אלגברה לינארית {f} /algebra line'arit/
linen {n} (thread or cloth made from flax fiber) :: פשתן {m} /pishtán/
lingerie {n} (women's underwear or nightclothes) :: הלבשה תחתונה {f} /halbashá taḥtoná/
lingual {adj} (related to language) SEE: linguistic ::
linguine {n} (ribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle) :: לינגויני {m} /lingvíni/, לינגוינה {f} /lingvíne/
linguist {n} (one who studies linguistics) :: בלשן {m} /balshán/
linguistic {adj} (of or relating to language) :: לשוני
linguistic {adj} (of or relating to linguistics) :: בלשני
linguistics {n} (scientific study of language) :: בלשנות {f} /balshanút/
link {n} (connection) :: קשר {m} /késher/, קישור \ קשור {m} /ki'shur/
link {n} (element of a chain) :: חוליה \ חליה {f} /khulyá/
link {n} (computing: short for hyperlink, see also: hyperlink) :: קישור {m} /kishúr/ לינק {m} /link/
linkage {n} (connection or relation between things or ideas) SEE: link ::
Linux {prop} (operating system) :: לינוקס {m} /linuks/
Linz {prop} (city) :: לינץ /Lintz/
lion {n} (big cat Panthera leo) :: אריה {m} /aryé/, ארי {m} /ari/, לביא {m} /lavi/, כפיר {m} /kfir/
lioness {n} (female lion) :: לביאה {f} /l'vi'á/
lip {n} (fleshy protrusion framing the mouth) :: שפה {f} /safá/
liposuction {n} (cosmetic surgery procedure in which bodily fat is removed by suction) :: שאיבת שומן {f} /sh'ivát-shumán/
lipstick {n} (make-up for the lips) :: אודם / אדם {m} /ódem/, שפתון {m} /sfáton/
lip sync {n} (synchronization of music with lips) :: ליפ סינק {m} /lip sink/
liquescent {adj} (liquescent) SEE: melting ::
liqueur {n} (a flavored alcoholic beverage) :: ליקר {m}
liquid {n} (substance that is liquid) :: נוזל {m} /nozél/
liquid {adj} (fluid; not solid and not gaseous) :: נוזלי /nozlí/
liquid {adj} ((of an asset) easily sold or disposed of) :: נזיל /nazil/
liquor {n} (strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation) :: שכר {m} /shechár/
lira {n} (currency of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, former currency of Italy, etc.) :: לירה {f} /líra/
Lisbon {prop} (capital of Portugal) :: ליסבון
list {n} (enumeration or compilation of items) :: רשימה {f} /r'shimá/
listen {v} (to pay attention to a sound) :: הקשיב /hikshív/, האזין /he'ezín/
listen {v} (to accept advice or obey instruction) :: הקשיב /hikshív/, האזין /he'ezín/
listen {v} (to hear (something)) :: שמע /shama/
litchi {n} (lychee) SEE: lychee ::
liter {n} (cubic decimeter) SEE: litre ::
literally {adv} (not metaphorically) :: פשוטו כמשמעו /pshutó kemashma'ó/, באפן מלולי /beófen milulí/
literary device {n} (convention in literature) :: אמצעי ספרותי {m} /emca'í sifrutí/
literature {n} (body of all written works) :: ספרות {f} /sifrút/
lithium {n} (chemical element) :: ליתיום {m} /lityúm/
lithography {n} (printing method) :: הדפס אבן {f} /hidpís éven/
Lithuania {prop} (country) :: ליטא {f} /litá/
Lithuanian {adj} (referring to Lithuania) :: ליטאי /lita'í/
Lithuanian {n} (language) :: ליטאית {f} /lita'ít/
Lithuanian {n} (person from Lithuania) :: ליטאי /lita'í/
litmus paper {n} :: נייר לקמוס {m}
litre {n} (unit of fluid measure) :: ליטר {m} /líter/
litter {n} (platform designed to carry a person or a load) :: מטה {f} /mitá/
litter {n} (animals born in one birth) :: שגר
little {adj} (small in size) :: קטן /katán/
little {adj} (very young) :: קטן /katán/
little {adj} ((of a sibling) younger) :: קטן /katán/
little {adj} (small in number, few) :: מעט /me'át/
little {adv} (not much) :: קצת, מעט
little by little {adv} (a small amount at a time) :: מעט מעט
little finger {n} (outermost and smallest finger of the hand) :: זרת {f} /zéret/
little gull {n} (gull) :: שחף גמדי
little owl {n} (species of owl) :: כוס {m} /kos/
Little Red Riding Hood {prop} (a folktale) :: כפה אדמה /kippá adumá/
liturgy {n} (a predetermined or prescribed set of rituals) :: ליטורגיה {f}
live {v} (be alive) :: חי /kháy/
live {v} (have permanent residence) :: גר /gar/
live and let live {v} (be tolerant) :: חיה ותן לחיות /chayé vetén lichyót/
liveforever {n} (houseleek) SEE: houseleek ::
livelihood {n} (means of supporting oneself) :: מחיה {f} /michyá/
liver {n} (organ of the body) :: כבד {m} /kavéd/
Liverpool {prop} (Liverpool, England) :: ליברפול
living {adj} (having life) :: חי /khay/
living {adj} (in use or existing) :: קים {m}
living fossil {n} (species believed extinct but later found living) :: מאובן חי
living room {n} (room in a private house) :: סלון /salón/
living will {n} (document giving durable power of attorney to a surrogate decision-maker for healthcare purposes) :: הוראות רפואיות מקדימות
Livonian {prop} (language) :: ליבונית {f} /livonit/
Livorno {prop} (city in Italy) :: ליבורנו {m} /Livórno/
lizard {n} (reptile) :: לטאה {f} /lətā'āh/, חרדון {f} /ḥardōn/
lizard {n} (coward) SEE: coward ::
Ljubljana {prop} (Capital city of Slovenia) :: ליובליאנה {f}
llama {n} (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) :: למה {f} /lama/
lo {interj} (look, see, behold) :: הבט {m} /habet/, הביטי {f} /habiti/, הביטו {p} /habitu/
loaf {n} (block of bread) :: כיכר /kikár/
lo and behold {interj} (used to express surprise) :: והפלא ופלא /vehafele vafele/
loath {adj} (angry, hostile) SEE: angry ::
lobby {n} (entryway or waiting area; vestibule) :: לובי {m} /lóbi/
lobby {n} (group of people who try to lobby) :: שדולה {f} /shdula/, לובי {m} /lóbi/
lobbyist {n} (A person paid to influence politicians) :: לוביסטי {m} /lobísti/
lobster {n} (crustacean) :: סרטן־ים {m} /sartan-yam/
local {adj} (of a nearby location) :: מקומי /m'komí/
local area network {n} (network) :: רשת תקשרת מקומית {f}
local derby {n} (a sports match between local rival teams) :: דרבי {m}
lock {n} (something used for fastening) :: מנעול {m} /man'úl/
lock {v} (to fasten with a lock) :: נעל
locker room {n} (locker room) SEE: changing room ::
locket {n} (chained ornament) :: קופסית קישוט
lockup {n} (prison) SEE: prison ::
locomotive {n} (self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails) :: קטר {m} /katár/
locust {n} (type of grasshopper) :: ארבה {m} /arbé/, חגב {m} /khagav/
Lode Star {prop} (Polaris) SEE: Polaris ::
lodge {n} (inn) SEE: inn ::
lodger {n} (person who lodges in another's house) :: דיר /dayar/
Lodz {prop} (city in Poland) :: לודז׳
loftiness {n} (arrogance) SEE: arrogance ::
log {n} (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) :: בול עץ {m} /bul 'etz/
log {n} (nautical: device for measuring the speed of a vessel) :: לוג {m} /log/, מד מהירות {m} /mad mehirut/
log {n} :: בול עץ {m} /bul etz/
log {n} (logbook) SEE: logbook ::
logbook {n} (nautical: book in which details from journey are recorded) :: יומן האניה {m} /yoman haoniyah/, יומן כלי שיט {m} /yoman kli shayit/
logic {n} (method of human thought) :: הגיון /higayon/
logic {n} (mathematical study) :: הגיון {m} /higayon/
logic {n} (any system of thought, irrespective of its rigor or productiveness) :: הגיון {m} /higayon/
logo {n} (visual symbol or emblem that acts as a trademark or a means of identification of an entity) :: לוגו
logorrhea {n} (excessive and often uncontrollable speaking due to a mental disorder) :: דברת
Logroño {prop} (capital city of La Rioja, Spain) :: לוגרוניו {m} /Logrónyo/
-logy {suffix} (branch of learning) :: ־לוגיה /-logya/
loin {n} (part of the body) :: חלצים {m-d} /ḥalatsáyim/
loin {n} (cut of meat) :: ירך {f} /yarékh/
loins {n} (plural form of loin) SEE: loin ::
Lojban {prop} (artificial logical language based on Loglan) :: לוז'בן
lokun {n} (doctor) SEE: doctor ::
lol {interj} (Used to express laughter) SEE: LOL ::
LOL {interj} (expression of laughter) :: לול /lol/, ההה, חחח
lolly {n} (money) SEE: money ::
Lombard {n} (banker or moneylender) SEE: banker ::
London {prop} (in the United Kingdom) :: לונדון {f} /lóndon/
lone {adj} (having no companion) :: בודד {m} /bodéd/
lone {adj} (sole) :: יחידי {m} /yeḥidí/
lonely {adj} (of person: unhappy by feeling isolated) :: גלמוד /galmud/
long {adj} (having much distance from one point to another) :: ארוך \ ארך /aróx/
long {adj} :: ארך {m} /arokh/, ארכה {f} /aruka/
long {adj} (not short) SEE: tall ::
long ago {adv} (at a time in the distant past) :: מזמן /mizmán/
longboat {n} (ship's boat) :: סירה ארכה {f} /sirah arukah/
longbow {n} (large bow) :: קשת ארוכה {f} /keshet aruka/
longcase clock {n} (grandfather clock) SEE: grandfather clock ::
longhorn beetle {n} (any Cerambycid) :: יקרונית {f}
longing {n} (melancholic desire) :: כמיהה /k'mihá/, כיסופים \ כסופים /kisufim/, געגוע {m} /ga'agú'a/
long johns {n} (full-length undergarments) :: גטקס /gátqes/
long live {v} (prosper) :: יחי /y'khí/, תחי
longship {n} (type of Viking vessel) :: אניה ארכה {f} /oniyah arukah/
long since {adv} (long ago) SEE: long ago ::
long time no see {interj} (idiomatic: I (or we) have not seen you for a long time) :: מזמן לא התראנו /mizman lo hitra'enu/
loo {n} (toilet) SEE: toilet ::
look {v} (to try to see) :: הסתכל /histakél/, הביט /hibít/, ראה /ra'á/
look {v} (to appear, to seem) :: נראה /nir'á/
look {v} (give an appearance of being) :: חיפש /khipés/
look {n} (action of looking) :: מבט {m} /mabát/
look {n} (physical appearance) :: מראה {m} /mar`é/
look {n} (facial expression) :: מבט {m} /mabát/
look for {v} (search; seek) :: חיפש \ חפש /khipés/
looking-glass {n} (mirror) SEE: mirror ::
lookout {n} (vantage point with a view of the surrounding area) :: מצפה {m} /mitzpé/
lookout {n} (person on watch for approaching enemy, police, etc.) :: צופה {m} /tsofeh/
loony {adj} (very silly) SEE: silly ::
loophole {n} (method of escape) :: פרצה /pirtsa/
loot {n} (the proceeds of theft, robbery etc., swag, contraband) :: שלל {m} /shalál/, בזה {f} /bizá/
loquat {n} (fruit) :: שסק {m} /shesek/
Lord {prop} (God) :: אדוני {m} /ăḏônāy/, ריבון {m} /ribbôn/
Lord's Prayer {prop} (the prayer taught by Jesus Christ to his disciples) :: תפילת האדון {f} /tfilót hadón/
Lorraine {prop} (region west of Alsace) :: לורן {f} /lorén/
lorry {n} (motor vehicle) SEE: truck ::
Los Angeles {prop} (largest city in California) :: לוס אנג׳לס /Los Anjeles/
lose {v} (cause (something) to cease to be in one's possession or capability) :: אבד /'ibbed/
lose {v} (fail to be the winner) :: להפסיד /lehaf'sid/
loser {n} (person who fails to win) :: מפסידן {m} /mafsidán/, לווזר
lose weight {v} (to become less heavy or obese) :: ירד במשקל /yarád ba-mishkál/
loss leader {n} (item sold at or below cost to stimulate sales) :: לוס לידר
lost {adj} (unable to find one's way) :: אבוד {m} /a'vud/
lost generation {prop} :: הדור האבוד
lot {n} (distinct portion or plot of land) :: חלקה {f} /ḥelqá/
lot {n} (that which happens without human design or forethought) :: גורל {m} /gorál/
lot {n} (anything used in determining a question by chance) :: גורל {m} /gorál/
lot {n} (part or fate) :: גורל {m} /gorál/
lot {n} (large quantity or number) SEE: a lot ::
Lot {prop} (nephew of Abraham) :: לוט {m} /lot/
lots {n} (lots) SEE: a lot ::
lottery {n} (scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance) :: לוטו {m} /lotó/, הגרלה {f} /hagralá/
lotus {n} (Nymphaea) SEE: water lily ::
lotus {n} (plant of the genus Nelumbo) :: לוטוס {m} /lotus/
loud {adj} (of a sound) :: בקול רם
loudspeaker {n} (transducer) :: רמקול /ramkol/
Louis {prop} (male given name) :: לואי /lúi/
louse {n} (insect) :: כנה {f} /kiná/
lousy {adj} (remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded) :: עלוב /'alúv/
Louvain {prop} (Belgian city) :: לוון
Louvre {prop} (an art museum in France) :: לוברה //
love {n} (zero) :: אפס {m} /éfes/
love {n} (strong affection) :: אהבה {f} /ahavá/
love {n} (object of one's romantic feelings; darling or sweetheart) :: אהוב {m} /ahúv/, אהובה {f} /ahuvá/
love {n} :: אהבה {f} /ahavá/
love {v} (have a strong affection for) :: אהב /aháv/
love {v} (to need, thrive on) :: אהב /aháv/
love {v} (be strongly inclined towards doing) :: אהב /aháv/
love {v} (care about; will good for) :: אהב /aháv/
love {v} (to lust for) :: רצה /ratzá/
love {v} :: לעשות אהבה /la`asót ahavá/, לתנות אהבים /letanót ahavím/
love at first sight {n} (an instantaneous attraction) :: אהבה ממבט ראשון
love bite {n} (swelling on the skin) :: נשיכת אהבה
loved {adj} (Being the object of love) :: אהוב /ahúv/
loved one {n} (very close friend or family member) :: אהוב {m} /ahúv/, אהובה {f} /ahuvá/
loved one {n} (recently deceased friend or family member) :: אהוב {m} /ahúv/, אהובה {f} /ahuvá/
loveliness {n} (property of being lovely) :: חן {m}
lovely {n} (attractive person) :: מחמדים {m-p} /ma·ḥă·mad·dîm/
love triangle {n} (situation in which two people vie for the love of a third) :: משולש אהבה
low {adj} (in a position comparatively close to the ground) :: נמוך /namúkh/
low {n} (flame) SEE: flame ::
low {v} (moo) SEE: moo ::
low blow {n} :: מכה מתחת לחגורה {f}
Low Countries {prop} (countries around the Rhine, Scheldt and Meuse rivers) :: ארצות השפלה {f-p} /artzót hashfelá/
lower {adj} (more towards the bottom) :: תחתון {m} /takhtón/
lower arm {n} (section of an arm) SEE: forearm ::
lower deck {n} (deck of a ship immediately above the hold) :: ספון תחתון {m} /sipun takhton/
lowest common denominator {n} (smallest multiple of several denominators) :: מכנה משותף מינימלי {m} /mékháné hameshutáf minimáli/
lowest common denominator {n} (most simple shared interest) :: הגורם המשותף הנמוך ביותר {m} /hagorém hameshutáf hanamúkh beyotér/
loyal {adj} (firm in allegiance to a person or institution) :: נאמן /neheman/
Ltd. {n} :: "בע"מ
Lua {prop} (a programming language (transliterations)) :: לואה /luah/
lubber {n} (inexperienced sailor) SEE: landlubber ::
lucid dreaming {n} (Lucid dreaming) :: חלימה מודעת {f} /khalima mudat/
Lucifer {prop} (figure mentioned in Isaiah 14:12) :: לוציפר
Lucifer {prop} (Venus, the morning star) :: הילל /hēlēl/
luck {n} (something that happens to someone by chance) :: מזל {m} /mazál/, גד {m} /gad/
luckily {adv} (in a lucky manner) :: בכי טוב /b'chi tov/
Lucknow {prop} (capital of Uttar Pradesh, India) :: לאקנאו
lucky {adj} (of people, having good fortune) :: בר מזל /bar mazal/
lucrative {adj} (producing a surplus; profitable) :: רווחי /rivḥi/
Ludhiana {prop} (city in India) :: לודהיאנה
ludicrous {adj} (idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny) :: מגוחך {m} /megoḥaḥ/
luff {n} (vertical edge of a sail) :: שפה קדמית {f} /safa kidmit/
Lufthansa {prop} (German airline) :: לופטהנזה {f} /lufthanza/
luggage {n} (traveller's containers) :: מטען {m} /mitan/
Lukashenko {prop} (surname) :: לוקשנקו
lukewarm {adj} (temperature) :: פושר {m} /posher/
lullaby {n} (a soothing song to lull children to sleep) :: שיר ערש {m} /shir eres/
lumen {n} (anatomy: cavity within tubular organ) :: נהור {m} /n'hor/
lumination {n} (illumination) SEE: illumination ::
Luna {prop} (Earth's moon) SEE: Moon ::
lunar {adj} (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon) :: ירחי /y'rekhi/
lunar eclipse {n} (when the Earth casts its shadow over the Moon) :: ליקוי ירח {m} /likúl yaréah/
lunatic {adj} (crazed) :: סהרורי {m} /saharurí/
lunatic asylum {n} (mental hospital) SEE: mental hospital ::
lunch {n} (meal around midday) :: ארוחת צהרים / ארוחת צהריים {f} /arukhát' tsohoráyim/
luncheon {n} (a formal term for lunch) SEE: lunch ::
lung {n} (organ that extracts oxygen from the air) :: ריאה \ ראה /re'á/
lunge {n} (sudden movement) :: זינוק, תנועה קדימה עם חרב
Lupus {prop} (summer constellation of the northern sky) :: זאב {m} /z'év/
Lusaka {prop} (capital of Zambia) :: לוסקה
lust {n} (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature) :: תשוקה {f} /t'shuká/
lust {v} (strongly desire) :: חמד {m} /Chamad/, התאוה {m} /Hit'avah/, השתוקק {m} /Hishtoqeq/
luster {n} (refinement, polish or quality) :: מאור /mâ'ôr/
lustre {n} (luster) SEE: luster ::
lustre {v} (luster) SEE: luster ::
lute {n} (stringed instrument) :: לאוטה {f}
lutetium {n} (chemical element with atomic number of 71) :: לוטטיום /lutetyum/
Luxembourg {prop} (country) :: לוקסמבורג {m} /luksemburg/
luxury {n} (very wealthy and comfortable surroundings) :: פאר /peér/, שפע /shéfa/
luxury {n} (something desirable but expensive) :: מותרות /motarót/, לוקסוס /luxus/
luxury {n} (something very pleasant but not really needed in life) :: מותרות /motarót/
Lviv {prop} (Lviv) :: לבוב /ləvov/
-ly {suffix} (used to form adverbs from adjectives) :: ב- /be-/bi-/ [adverbs are formed from nouns, rather than adjectives]
lycanthrope {n} (werewolf) SEE: werewolf ::
lychee {n} (fruit) :: ליצ׳י /lichi/
Lydia {prop} (historical region) :: לוד {m} /Lud/
lynx {n} (wild cat) :: שנר / שונר
lyric {n} (words of a song) SEE: lyrics ::
lyrics {n} (the words to a song) :: מלים לשיר
lysergic {adj} (psychedelic) SEE: psychedelic ::
lysine {n} (essential amino acid, C6H14N2O2) :: ליזין /lisin/
Lyubavichi {prop} (village in the Rudnyansky District of the Smolensk Oblast of Russia) :: לובביץ׳ /lubávich/