"לשון" meaning in Hebrew

See לשון in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /laːˈʃoːn/ [Biblical-Hebrew], [laːˈʃoːn] [Biblical-Hebrew], /lɔˈʃon/ [Tiberian-Hebrew], [lɔːˈʃoːn] [Tiberian-Hebrew], /lɔ.ʃojn/ [Ashkenazi-Hebrew], /lɔˈʃøn/ [Yemenite-Hebrew], /laˈʃon/ (note: Modern Israeli Hebrew, Sephardi Hebrew)
Etymology: From Proto-Semitic *lišān-. Etymology templates: {{he-rootbox|ל־שׁ־ן}}, {{inh|he|sem-pro|*lišān-}} Proto-Semitic *lišān- Head templates: {{he-noun|cons=לְשׁוֹן|g=f|pl=לְשׁוֹנוֹת|plcons=לְשׁוֹנוֹת|tr=lashón|wv=לָשׁוֹן}} לָשׁוֹן • (lashón) f (plural indefinite לְשׁוֹנוֹת, singular construct לְשׁוֹן־, plural construct לְשׁוֹנוֹת־) Inflection templates: {{he-decl|לָשׁוֹן|לְשׁוֹן־|p|לְשׁוֹנוֹת}} Forms: לָשׁוֹן [canonical], lashón [romanization], לְשׁוֹנוֹת [indefinite, plural], לְשׁוֹן־ [construct, singular], לְשׁוֹנוֹת־ [construct, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], לָשׁוֹן [indefinite, singular], לְשׁוֹנִי [feminine, first-person, masculine, possessed-form, singular], לְשׁוֹנֵנוּ [feminine, first-person, masculine, plural, possessed-form], הַלָּשׁוֹן [definite, singular], לְשׁוֹנְךָ [masculine, possessed-form, second-person, singular], לְשׁוֹנֵךְ [feminine, possessed-form, second-person, singular], לְשׁוֹנְכֶם [masculine, plural, possessed-form, second-person], לְשׁוֹנְכֶן [feminine, plural, possessed-form, second-person], לְשׁוֹן־ [construct, singular], לְשׁוֹנוֹ [masculine, possessed-form, singular, third-person], לְשׁוֹנָהּ [feminine, possessed-form, singular, third-person], לְשׁוֹנָם [masculine, plural, possessed-form, third-person], לְשׁוֹנָן [feminine, plural, possessed-form, third-person], לְשׁוֹנוֹת [indefinite, plural], לשונותיי [feminine, first-person, masculine, possessed-form, singular], לְשׁוֹנוֹתַי [feminine, first-person, masculine, possessed-form, singular], לְשׁוֹנוֹתֵינוּ [feminine, first-person, masculine, plural, possessed-form], הַלְּשׁוֹנוֹת [definite, plural], לְשׁוֹנוֹתֶיךָ [masculine, possessed-form, second-person, singular], לשונותייך [feminine, possessed-form, second-person, singular], לְשׁוֹנוֹתַיִךְ [feminine, possessed-form, second-person, singular], לְשׁוֹנוֹתֵיכֶם [masculine, plural, possessed-form, second-person], לְשׁוֹנוֹתֵיכֶן [feminine, plural, possessed-form, second-person], לְשׁוֹנוֹת־ [construct, plural], לְשׁוֹנוֹתָיו [masculine, possessed-form, singular, third-person], לְשׁוֹנוֹתֶיהָ [feminine, possessed-form, singular, third-person], לְשׁוֹנוֹתָם [masculine, plural, possessed-form, third-person], לְשׁוֹנוֹתָן [feminine, plural, possessed-form, third-person]
  1. (anatomy) tongue
    Sense id: en-לשון-he-noun-snFSEtk5 Categories (other): Anatomy, Hebrew terms belonging to the root ל־שׁ־ן Disambiguation of Hebrew terms belonging to the root ל־שׁ־ן: 82 18 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  2. (metonymic, formal) language Tags: formal Synonyms: שָׂפָה
    Sense id: en-לשון-he-noun-pO8wS6Qq Categories (other): Hebrew metonyms, Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters, Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Organs Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters: 38 62 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 19 81 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 82 Disambiguation of Organs: 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: בִּלְשׁוֹן סַגִּי נְהוֹר (bilshón sagí nehór), חַד לָשׁוֹן (khad lashón), לָשׁוֹן הָרַע (lashón hará), לְשׁוֹן יָחִיד (leshon yakhíd), לְשׁוֹן רַבִּים (leshon rabím), לְשׁוֹנִי (leshoní), לְשׁוֹנִית (leshonít), מַטְבֵּעַ לָשׁוֹן (matbéa lashón), צֵרוּף לָשׁוֹן (tserúf lashón), שְׁמִירַת הַלָּשׁוֹן (shmirát halashón) Related terms: בַּלְשָׁנוּת
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bilshón sagí nehór",
      "word": "בִּלְשׁוֹן סַגִּי נְהוֹר"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "khad lashón",
      "word": "חַד לָשׁוֹן"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "lashón hará",
      "word": "לָשׁוֹן הָרַע"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "leshon yakhíd",
      "word": "לְשׁוֹן יָחִיד"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "leshon rabím",
      "word": "לְשׁוֹן רַבִּים"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "leshoní",
      "word": "לְשׁוֹנִי"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "leshonít",
      "word": "לְשׁוֹנִית"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "matbéa lashón",
      "word": "מַטְבֵּעַ לָשׁוֹן"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "tserúf lashón",
      "word": "צֵרוּף לָשׁוֹן"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "shmirát halashón",
      "word": "שְׁמִירַת הַלָּשׁוֹן"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lad",
            "2": "לשון",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "lashón"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ladino: לשון (lashón)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ladino: לשון (lashón)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yi",
            "2": "לשון",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "loshn"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Yiddish: לשון (loshn)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Yiddish: לשון (loshn)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ל־שׁ־ן"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "he-rootbox"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "sem-pro",
        "3": "*lišān-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Semitic *lišān-",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Semitic *lišān-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "לָשׁוֹן",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lashón",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לְשׁוֹנוֹת",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לְשׁוֹן־",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לְשׁוֹנוֹת־",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "he-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לָשׁוֹן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לְשׁוֹנִי",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לְשׁוֹנֵנוּ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הַלָּשׁוֹן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לְשׁוֹנְךָ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לְשׁוֹנֵךְ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לְשׁוֹנְכֶם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לְשׁוֹנְכֶן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לְשׁוֹן־",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לְשׁוֹנוֹ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לְשׁוֹנָהּ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לְשׁוֹנָם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לְשׁוֹנָן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לְשׁוֹנוֹת",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לשונותיי",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לְשׁוֹנוֹתַי",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לְשׁוֹנוֹתֵינוּ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הַלְּשׁוֹנוֹת",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לְשׁוֹנוֹתֶיךָ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לשונותייך",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לְשׁוֹנוֹתַיִךְ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לְשׁוֹנוֹתֵיכֶם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לְשׁוֹנוֹתֵיכֶן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לְשׁוֹנוֹת־",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לְשׁוֹנוֹתָיו",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לְשׁוֹנוֹתֶיהָ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לְשׁוֹנוֹתָם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לְשׁוֹנוֹתָן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "cons": "לְשׁוֹן",
        "g": "f",
        "pl": "לְשׁוֹנוֹת",
        "plcons": "לְשׁוֹנוֹת",
        "tr": "lashón",
        "wv": "לָשׁוֹן"
      },
      "expansion": "לָשׁוֹן • (lashón) f (plural indefinite לְשׁוֹנוֹת, singular construct לְשׁוֹן־, plural construct לְשׁוֹנוֹת־)",
      "name": "he-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "לָשׁוֹן",
        "2": "לְשׁוֹן־",
        "3": "p",
        "4": "לְשׁוֹנוֹת"
      },
      "name": "he-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "בַּלְשָׁנוּת"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "he",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "he:Anatomy",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "82 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew terms belonging to the root ל־שׁ־ן",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tongue"
      ],
      "id": "en-לשון-he-noun-snFSEtk5",
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "tongue",
          "tongue"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) tongue"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew metonyms",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 94",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 62",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 68",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 81",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 82",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 86",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "he",
          "name": "Organs",
          "orig": "he:Organs",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "language"
      ],
      "id": "en-לשון-he-noun-pO8wS6Qq",
      "links": [
        [
          "language",
          "language"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(metonymic, formal) language"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "שָׂפָה"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/laːˈʃoːn/",
      "tags": [
        "Biblical-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[laːˈʃoːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Biblical-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɔˈʃon/",
      "tags": [
        "Tiberian-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[lɔːˈʃoːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Tiberian-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɔ.ʃojn/",
      "tags": [
        "Ashkenazi-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɔˈʃøn/",
      "tags": [
        "Yemenite-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/laˈʃon/",
      "note": "Modern Israeli Hebrew, Sephardi Hebrew"
    }
  ],
  "word": "לשון"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
    "Hebrew feminine nouns",
    "Hebrew lemmas",
    "Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Hebrew nouns",
    "Hebrew terms belonging to the root ל־שׁ־ן",
    "Hebrew terms derived from Proto-Semitic",
    "Hebrew terms inherited from Proto-Semitic",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "he:Organs"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "bilshón sagí nehór",
      "word": "בִּלְשׁוֹן סַגִּי נְהוֹר"
    },
    {
      "roman": "khad lashón",
      "word": "חַד לָשׁוֹן"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lashón hará",
      "word": "לָשׁוֹן הָרַע"
    },
    {
      "roman": "leshon yakhíd",
      "word": "לְשׁוֹן יָחִיד"
    },
    {
      "roman": "leshon rabím",
      "word": "לְשׁוֹן רַבִּים"
    },
    {
      "roman": "leshoní",
      "word": "לְשׁוֹנִי"
    },
    {
      "roman": "leshonít",
      "word": "לְשׁוֹנִית"
    },
    {
      "roman": "matbéa lashón",
      "word": "מַטְבֵּעַ לָשׁוֹן"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tserúf lashón",
      "word": "צֵרוּף לָשׁוֹן"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shmirát halashón",
      "word": "שְׁמִירַת הַלָּשׁוֹן"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lad",
            "2": "לשון",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "lashón"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ladino: לשון (lashón)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ladino: לשון (lashón)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yi",
            "2": "לשון",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "loshn"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Yiddish: לשון (loshn)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Yiddish: לשון (loshn)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ל־שׁ־ן"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "he-rootbox"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "sem-pro",
        "3": "*lišān-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Semitic *lišān-",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Semitic *lišān-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "לָשׁוֹן",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lashón",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לְשׁוֹנוֹת",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לְשׁוֹן־",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לְשׁוֹנוֹת־",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "he-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לָשׁוֹן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לְשׁוֹנִי",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לְשׁוֹנֵנוּ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הַלָּשׁוֹן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לְשׁוֹנְךָ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לְשׁוֹנֵךְ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לְשׁוֹנְכֶם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לְשׁוֹנְכֶן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לְשׁוֹן־",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לְשׁוֹנוֹ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לְשׁוֹנָהּ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לְשׁוֹנָם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לְשׁוֹנָן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לְשׁוֹנוֹת",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לשונותיי",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לְשׁוֹנוֹתַי",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לְשׁוֹנוֹתֵינוּ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הַלְּשׁוֹנוֹת",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לְשׁוֹנוֹתֶיךָ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לשונותייך",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לְשׁוֹנוֹתַיִךְ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לְשׁוֹנוֹתֵיכֶם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לְשׁוֹנוֹתֵיכֶן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לְשׁוֹנוֹת־",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לְשׁוֹנוֹתָיו",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לְשׁוֹנוֹתֶיהָ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לְשׁוֹנוֹתָם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לְשׁוֹנוֹתָן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "cons": "לְשׁוֹן",
        "g": "f",
        "pl": "לְשׁוֹנוֹת",
        "plcons": "לְשׁוֹנוֹת",
        "tr": "lashón",
        "wv": "לָשׁוֹן"
      },
      "expansion": "לָשׁוֹן • (lashón) f (plural indefinite לְשׁוֹנוֹת, singular construct לְשׁוֹן־, plural construct לְשׁוֹנוֹת־)",
      "name": "he-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "לָשׁוֹן",
        "2": "לְשׁוֹן־",
        "3": "p",
        "4": "לְשׁוֹנוֹת"
      },
      "name": "he-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "בַּלְשָׁנוּת"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "he:Anatomy"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tongue"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "tongue",
          "tongue"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) tongue"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hebrew formal terms",
        "Hebrew metonyms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "language"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "language",
          "language"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(metonymic, formal) language"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "שָׂפָה"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/laːˈʃoːn/",
      "tags": [
        "Biblical-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[laːˈʃoːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Biblical-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɔˈʃon/",
      "tags": [
        "Tiberian-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[lɔːˈʃoːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Tiberian-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɔ.ʃojn/",
      "tags": [
        "Ashkenazi-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɔˈʃøn/",
      "tags": [
        "Yemenite-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/laˈʃon/",
      "note": "Modern Israeli Hebrew, Sephardi Hebrew"
    }
  ],
  "word": "לשון"
}

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}

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